VfL Wolfsburg will not sack Niko Kovac for the time being. After the defeat against Union Berlin, managing director Jörg Schmadtke called for a united front to emerge from the crisis.
After the 2-0 defeat at Union Berlin, VfL Wolfsburg is deep in the table basement. Is that it for Niko Kovac? Managing director Jörg Schmadtke ruled out dismissing the coach for the time being.
With Niko Kovac, VfL Wolfsburg caught a prominent name before the season. The former Frankfurt, Bayern and Monaco coach was signed with the aim of finally unleashing VfL’s great potential. To date, this plan has fundamentally failed.
Schmadtke gives Kovac a job guarantee for the time being
After seven Bundesliga games under Kovac, Wolfsburg has just five points and is crumbling in the league’s relegation battle. The removal of Max Kruse is the kind of sideshow that is not needed in this situation. There is a real crisis in the Autostadt.
The turnaround also did not bring the away game with the new leaders of the Bundesliga: against Union Berlin, according to head coach Kovac, the team let “passion and struggle” (via picture) miss and deservedly lost 2-0.
VfL has a lot of questions to answer about the international break. Managing director Jörg Schmadtke was able to give an answer: the coach will remain in office for the time being. “There is no trainer discussion. We have to come out of it together,” demanded Schmadtke.
Wolfsburg’s descent: when will Schmadtke and Schäfer be counted?
After the last two catastrophic mistakes in coaching (Mark van Bommel and Florian Kohfeldt) and an expensive squad policy that hardly delivers any sporting results, it is no longer just the personal details on the coaching bench that are to be discussed in Wolfsburg. Managing director Jörg Schmadtke and sports director Marcel Schäfer will also have to dress warmly if Wolfsburg don’t change course soon.
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Source: Stern
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