Union Berlin has made history by appointing the first-ever female coach in the Bundesliga. The German side confirmed on Wednesday, November,15, that they had parted ways with first-team coach Urs Fischer, given their disastrous run of form lately. Berlin, who are part of this year’s Champions League competition, have fallen to defeat in 13 out of their last 14 matches. They drew the other match. In response to Fischer’s departure, Berlin’s U19 coach Marco Grote will take charge …
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Hoffenheim have sacked head coach Alfred Schreuder with four games left in Bundesliga season The news was announced on Tuesday morning with Schreuder becoming the first manager to be sacked since the Bundesliga’s restart last month. “We had different views on important details, so a cooperation beyond the end of the season no longer makes sense,” said Hoffenheim chief Alexander Rosen in a statement on the club’s website. “I was aware right from the start that the …
Austrian Bundesliga top club LASK, have been docked 12 points and fined a massive €75,000 for not observing social distancing during training ahead of the proposed top-flight restart on June 2. According to the Bundesliga, Lask disobeyed coronavirus-related safety rules in practice sessions after the club admitted to staging full contact training sessions even when the Austrian FA told clubs they were only allowed to train in small groups to avoid the spread of Coronavirus. The event which …
Hertha Berlin defender, Dedryck Boyata, has denied kissing his teammate Marko Grujic after he was photographed in close proximity with Grujic during Hertha Berlin’s 3-0 win against Hoffenheim over the weekend. Over the weekend, the Bundesliga became the first major European league to resume since the suspension of the 2019-20 season in March due to the Coronavirus pandemic. New rules such as substitutes wearing masks and sitting significant distances away from each other, and social distancing during celebrations …
Augsburg head coach, Heiko Herrlich has been banned from taking charge of the Bundesliga club’s match against Wolfsburg this weekend after breaking isolation protocol. The 48-year-old German, who was preparing for his first game in charge on Saturday, left the Bundesliga outfit’s training camp to go shopping and buy items such as toothpaste and skin cream. For breaking the isolation protocol, the German Football League [DFL] has banned him from taking charge of the Bundesliga club’s match against …
Real Madrid qualified for the last 16 of the Champions League before taking to the field on Tuesday after Group A rivals Club Brugge drew 1-1 with Galatasaray in Istanbul. The Belgian side needed to win in their early kick-off in Turkey to maintain any chance of qualifying ahead of Madrid, but they were on the back foot after Adem Buyuk gave Galatasaray an early lead. The visitors did equalise in the second minute of added time via a fine …