Luckily Kuno Kloetzer felt better again in February 1981, but he had piercing headaches and could no longer do the Werder job permanently. Werder manager Rudi Assauer got in touch and persuaded me to take over in the second division. In the meantime he had sat on the bench himself during Kuno's absence, as he had already done in the relegation year of 1979/80, making statements that would be unthinkable today.\n\nHe even invited 67-year-old coaching veteran Fritz Langner back and supplied schnapps to the whole squad before an away game in Munich.