Erik Ten Hag at Bayer Leverkusen after two games

Bayer Leverkusen separated from coach Erik Ten Hag after the second matchday of the Bundesliga of the Bundesliga. The Dutch, who was only committed to Xabi Alonso this season, was released, the Bundesliga club explained to X. The assistant coaching staff initially took over the training work.

Ten HAG had only succeeded cult trainers and master makers Alonso this summer. The 55-year-old lost his first league game with the new club 1: 2 against TSG Hoffenheim and had to accept an embarrassing 3: 3 at Werder Bremen on matchday second. In the Weser Stadium, Bayer 04 gave a 3-1 lead out of his hand.

After the game, captain and national player Robert Andrich had brought clear criticism. “You can’t win against any opponent in the world,” said the 30-year-old. “We have too many people who only deal with other things. We have too many who only deal with themselves. This is how the game looked: everyone played for themselves. Everyone walked around on their own.”

When asked whether the players would only implement the instructions of Ten Hags incorrectly or whether they did not know what to do, Andrich said: “It is a mix of both.”

Ten HAG, who had previously trained in his career in his career, Ajax Amsterdam and Manchester United, worked in Leverkusen under difficult conditions in Leverkusen. This summer, superstar Florian Wirtz and the top performers Jonathan Tah, Granit Xhaka and Jeremie Frimpong left the team from the Doublesieger team from 2023/24.

To even compensate you and other departures and to integrate the numerous new additions, apparently takes time – if it is possible at all.

The next competitive game is on the program for Bayer after the international break on September 12 against top opponent Eintracht Frankfurt.