TV3 catalanish television:
Programme: Aquest any, cent!
Date: 21.06.99 in Barcelona.
Time: Two hours live.

Bernd was honest , "it's easy to say now and here that FC Barcelona is the team of my heart" but the truth is "I passed there a lot of very important moments in my life, I was happy and unfortunate " and "I could never play well against Barça". Bernd played 8 years for FC Barcelona between 1980 and 1988. He arrived very young and "the first words I learnt were just rude words" refering to the day he said "cabron" (bastard) to a referee.

On the fame he's a henpecked husband Bernd confirmed with humour his wife "Gaby is the Boss at home and I am the Boss in the stadiums, and so the things are running well, why change?".

Between images and reports on his style, skills and habilities, Bernd remembered about best moments in Barcelona, but also some problems with the people around him: "In the beginning I thought the journalists were my enemies, even sometimes it was funny to incite them (smile), but if I played a bad macht, What a move on with me during a week!". About his character, "Yes, I'm agree I was a little difficult to manage, but I have change through the years". The Blond Angel valued the " work coach Menotti dedicated to know me. He was the trainer I most like because he tried to understand me and it gave me confidence in myself".

About the famous and pejoraive gestures he dedicated to some Real Madrid players in 1983 after a goal ( the Barça fans are still celebrating it today), Bernd jokes "I just was greeting the spectators" while the audience in the studio was really funny.

But the worse time in FC Barcelona was to lose the final match in Champions League in 1986, vs. Steaua Bucuresti, "I still think often on it". "It was an unlucky day, we have got chances for goals, I had problems with coach Venables since a season, he tried I leave FC Barcelona. During the final, he replaced me with Moratalla and only me in the world knew it was just personal reasons, he wanted to get the Cup without Schuster, the perfect excuse. But everything was wrong for Venables' plan, the team missed 4 penalties. I went to the hotel with my wife and I watched the penalties by TV. It was terrible I thought then". But he never thought it could be the beginning of the end for him in FC Barcelona. Venables convinced every body he was the guilty and Bernd was 1 season out of the squad planning and matches.

Also the kidnapped of a mate, "Quini" was hard for the team and specially for Bernd, who use a bodyguard since then. "Oh, I'm not fear" joked Bernd "the kidnappers probably would be".

President Nuñez said Bernd was like one more son for him during years, but there were problems, "also for the dificult character of his wife Gaby". Bernd confirmed his relationship with president Nuñez is good, "now only remains the best: the friendship".

The vize-president Casaus revealed he signed on Bernd because he felt in love with him. " I saw him and I though, what a phantastic player, what a style, what a beauty man after all,... I told my president I found a top player and explained him a lot on Bernd games but Nuñez told me it was impossible to be so good, but he was"

The trainer of FC Köln answered the key question on his future as a trainer of Barcelona: "Of course, that's a dream for me, but I must be very good prepared for this moment, remember the journalists are always ready to hit me" joked again.

The TV progamme tributed the honour Schuster deserved as one of the best players in the History of FC Barcelona.

The fans chose Bernd Schuster in the midfield of a virtual historical Dream Team of FC Barcelona. You can see results here in catalanish TV. You also can see the poll results on best player in the history of FC Barcelona, where Bernd was also between the very best ones.