Michael Boris: "Everyone was motivated in the first training session"

Since the 16th February, Michael Boris has been in charge of our team, and our new head coach got down to work straight away, as Wednesday's training session was held by the German coach and his assistant, former national team striker Sándor Preisinger.

How was the first training session?

I liked it, I tried to observe every little detail. I know the players, I've followed the NB I in Denmark, and I've been to several Hungarian games in the last few weeks. You can't see everything during the TV broadcasts, or even from the stands, it's completely different when you're there. Everyone was motivated and you can see that the squad is made up of quality players.

You entered coaching at a very young age, why did you decide to retire early?

I retired because of an elbow injury. At first I worked as a goalkeeper coach, but I was entrusted with more and more. I was in charge of set-pieces and then I was also in charge of a group of players, so I soon became an assistant coach and then decided to try my hand as head coach.

You also worked for Schalke U23, among others. What valuable experience can a young coach gain at such a well-known Bundesliga team?

That was a very intense period in my career. I had the chance to work with many players who had played in the first team, such as Sergio Escudero, who later played for Sevilla for many years. It was useful to experience how a serious club like that works from the inside, although I should say that I have similar feelings about Vidi, where there is a very serious staff working alongside the team and in the offices.

When the former Hungarian national team manager Bernd Storck invited you to Hungary to coach the junior national team, how much did you know about the country?

I had been to Hungary several times before, but then as a private person. I've worked here for six years in total, so I think it's clear that I love the country and I enjoy working in Hungarian football, which is one of the reasons why I was happy to be approached by Vidi. I also had a good time at MTK, we managed to get promoted from NB II in the first year, we did well in the second season, then we were a bit depleted at the end of the season due to injuries, but I had a positive experience of those two years, but they decided to change.

How do you cope with the Hungarian language?

I have started to learn Hungarian, but unfortunately I cannot give an interview yet. I know football vocabulary, I can count, I can order in restaurants, I understand a lot of things.

And the Japanese?

Ah, it was impossible to master in six months. I gained important experience at Tokyo Verdy, where I worked as an assistant coach, I got to know a new culture, the players have a completely different mentality towards football, but I have to admit that as a private person it was not easy to live in another continent.

How much German precision do you have as a coach? Or is it now more of a general stereotype that we like to talk about?

You should ask your colleagues about that (laughs - ed.). I'm not crazy about the occasional one-minute delay, but of course I like things to be structured and go according to plan.

What are your plans here in Székesfehérvár?

I learned early on that this is a profession where results speak. A good coach is one who gets results. As I said before, Vidi have a quality squad, and in the coming weeks we have to work to show that quality on the pitch for everyone to see and to get results.