"This can't go on," Labbadia said with a frown.
They had clearly won the match, yet the team still looked lifeless.
Leaving Bruch Road Stadium, walking through the players' tunnel, and just before entering the locker room, Labbadia called over his media advisor.
Christian Flomot, the former press spokesperson for the T-Mobile Cycling Team.
This was another point of contention surrounding Labbadia.
Typically, a club has its own head of media, and it was rare for head coaches and players to hire their own people for such a role.
But the German football scene was currently in a period of major transformation, and everything was changing.
Who said coaches and players couldn't have their own media advisors?
Klinsmann had one.
His had followed him from the national team all the way to Bayern.
Labbadia had one, too.
