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The football profile Peter Antoine has died.
SVT expert Daniel Nannskog remembers the season he had “The German” as coach.
– He was a good and competent coach who was also warm, says Nannskog to SVT.
During Friday morning Aftonbladet was able to report that Peter Antoine died on the night of Thursday in the aftermath of pneumonia. He lived to be 79 years old. Antoine was a successful coach in, among others, Mjällby AIF and Gefle IF.
Success with Assyrian
The eccentric coach was often noted for his big personality as well as being loud and having a temper on the sidelines. It was perhaps the very thing that opened TV4’s eyes and made the channel hire Antoine as an expert commentator on television, who with his television appearances was nicknamed “The German”.
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In 1999, Antoine coached the Assyrian FF. Then the small association from Södertälje made it all the way to the Allsvenskan qualifiers, which they lost against Örebro. A then 25-year-old played in the same season Daniel Nannskog for the club. The SVT expert describes Antoine’s death as boring and sad, and remembers back to the season with “The German” as coach.
– We played fantastic football along the hill where we often outplayed the opponents. So he stood for very nice football, he was a good and competent coach who was also warm, says Nannskog to SVT.
Nannskog’s fine tribute
The former striker, who also played in clubs such as Malmö and Djurgården, has a special memory of Antoine that stands out from all the others.
– Some matches he could just turn around and scold Assyriska’s fans if they booed. He had that relationship with the fans. There were no hard feelings, but he just shouted “shut up, you shouldn’t boo!”. It’s a memory that I really remember, how he could just burst into flames, but in a nice humorous way, says Nannskog.
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Nannskog also remembers how his image of Antoine changed completely when he came to Assyrian, and that says a lot about what the “German” was like as a person.
– You had the image of that gaping on the sideline and thought that he was a tough coach who shouted a lot. But when I got there, the picture changed, he had so much more. You can imagine that he was an old school coach who didn’t take care of you on the sidelines, but that was absolutely not the case. He was actually a very modern coach, who showed good sides and cared about the soft values, Nannskog tells SVT.
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