Leipzig released soccer coach Domenico Tedesco on Wednesday, the day after the 4-1 defeat at home to Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League, Portuguese striker André Silva’s club announced.
Tedesco, 36, could not resist the mediocre results of this start to the season, with just two victories – one of them for the Cup against a team from the fourth division – in eight games, having led the Leipzig team to its highest run of 13. -year history, to victory in the German Cup last season.
“For that, Domenico and his ‘staff’ deserve our gratitude,” said the club’s executive director, Oliver Mintzlaff, in the statement announcing the dismissal of the coach, who had arrived at the club in the middle of last season, in replacement for Jesse. March
Before the thrashing in their debut in Group F of the Champions League on Tuesday, Leipzig, currently 11th in the Bundesliga, with five points from five games, had already suffered two other heavy defeats in 2022/23, by 4- 0 against Eintracht Frankfurt, Sporting’s opponent. in the Champions League, and 5-3 with the ten-time champion Bayern Munich, in the German Super Cup.
“After our mediocre start to the season in the Bundesliga, with five points from five games, coupled with recent defeats against Eintracht and Shakhtar, we believe that a change in management is the right move to quickly change the course of events. Oliver continued. Mintzlaff.
Leipzig’s next matches will be against Borussia Dortmund, at home, on Saturday, for the Bundesliga, and against the champion of Spain and Europe, Real Madrid, on Wednesday, for the ‘Champions’.
Source: TSF
