"I'm not going to throw in the towel" – Blessin shows fighting spirit amid St. Pauli's relegation battle
"I'm not going to throw in the towel" – Blessin shows fighting spirit amid St. Pauli's relegation battle There is an even greater relegation threat hanging over FC St. Pauli after a 1-2 defeat to Mainz on Sunday left them 17th in the table with just two games left to play.
Naturally, the fans expressed their disappointment, with St. Pauli coach Alexander Blessin coming under heavy criticism. But despite the pressure, the 52-year-old insists he is not thinking about stepping down.
“The fans do everything – and of course they’re also allowed to boo me. That’s fine, I can take it. But they should boo me and not the team.
Right now, the team needs support. And then they can judge me accordingly,” Blessin said after Sunday’s defeat, according to Hamburger Abendblatt. “I’m not going to throw in the towel.
I stand by that, and I’m convinced we can achieve this together. I don’t believe – otherwise I would already have spoken to Andreas (Bornemann, sporting managing director, ed. ) – that a change in this position would help.