Last Updated: November 16, 2023, 01:00 IST
BERLIN: Union Berlin parted methods with coach Urs Fischer on Wednesday after a 14-sport winless run in all competitions, and Marie-Louise Eta was elevated to be first feminine assistant coach within the historical past of the German males’s soccer league.
Eta will help interim coach Marco Grote. The membership stated the 2 have been promoted from Union’s underneath-19 males’s group “until further notice.”
Eta is ready to be on Union’s bench for the membership’s subsequent Champions League sport at Portuguese membership Braga on Nov. 29.
In his 5 years in cost, Fischer led Union from the second division to the Bundesliga for the primary time after which into European competitors. He took the membership into the Champions League after inserting fourth final season to proceed the spectacular rise.
However, outcomes this season have been poor and Union has just one draw and 13 losses from its final 14 video games in all competitions. Its final win was on Aug. 26.
A 4-0 loss to Bayer Leverkusen on Sunday left Union final within the Bundesliga and with no objective in its final 4 video games within the high division. Four Champions League video games have introduced one level.
“This is a very sad moment not only for me personally, but certainly for the entire Union family,” Union president Dirk Zingler stated in a press release. “It hurts that we have not managed to break the negative run of recent weeks. I am grateful and proud when looking back on the time we have spent and the successes we have celebrated together. As painful as this separation is, Urs Fischer is leaving as a friend who will always be welcomed by us with open arms.”
Zingler stated he and Fischer collectively determined it was time for the Swiss coach to depart.
Fischer stated he hoped a change of coach may flip the group round.
“I am very grateful for the confidence I have always felt here. Nevertheless, it feels right to make a change now,” Fischer stated. “Sometimes a different face, a different way of addressing a team helps to spark a development.”
Playing as Marie-Louise Bagehorn, Eta gained the ladies’s Champions League and Bundesliga as a participant with Turbine Potsdam. She additionally gained the Under-20 World Cup with the German nationwide group.
Eta joined Union as a coach for this season and assistant coach in Youth League video games in opposition to groups like Real Madrid and Napoli in UEFA’s competitors for underneath-19 groups.
Union’s subsequent sport within the Bundesliga is at house in opposition to Augsburg on Nov. 25.
___
AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer
(This story has not been edited by News18 workers and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – Associated Press)
