Stammtisch
Paul Scharner: "Austria's greatest pandemic is probably fear!"
The 40-time Austrian national team player and FA Cup winner talks about his children's camps, his sons, and entering adult football.
Source text: © LAOLA1
from Peter Rietzler
Paul Scharner was and remains one of the great unconventional thinkers in Austrian football.
Today, the 46-year-old from Lower Austria describes himself as a "sports mentor," who, together with his wife Marlene as "Partners for Life," guides people with "clarity, experience, and genuine interest in their growth on the field of life."
At the Stammtisch with Andy Ogris - hosted by LAOLA1 editor-in-chief Peter Rietzler - Paul Scharner also talks about his experiences as a mentor for children and students and "the playing field of the next generation" (all info at mini-fussballarena.at >>>).
As a foreign-based player ("Legionär") at SK Brann Bergen in Norway, Scharner learned to know and appreciate playing in mobile mini-football arenas.
The "ex-pro" won the league title and the cup (2003) with Austria, won the Norwegian Cup with Bergen, and is the only Austrian player to date to win the coveted FA Cup trophy in England.
Scharner: This is the biggest hurdle in Austrian football
After over 400 professional games, Scharner explains how special the transition to "normal working life" was, what advice he gives his five sons, and why the fear of relying on young players represents the "biggest hurdle in Austrian football."
Scharner - appearing with green glasses at the LAOLA1 Stammtisch - also comments on Rapid's successful start to the season and the coaching dismissal at GAK.
What Andy Ogris has to say before Austria and St. Pölten's appearances in the Women's Champions League qualifiers and how Scharner assesses the possible performance of the Bundesliga teams in the European Cup playoffs, the two discuss in the 196th episode of the LAOLA1 Stammtisch presented by ImmoScout24 (Video and Podcast).
