The surprise team of the past few years is floundering, and now the supposed saviors have also failed: Nenad Bjelica is no longer coaching Union Berlin. The U19 trainer comes for the last two match days.
Union Berlin, a Bundesliga club threatened with relegation, has parted ways with coach Nenad Bjelica with immediate effect, the club announced. The 52-year-old only took over the Köpenick team from long-time successful coach Urs Fischer in November, but was unable to stop the negative trend in the long term.
His successor for the rest of the season will be U19 coach Marco Grote, who had previously acted as interim coach. The 51-year-old is supported by assistant coaches Marie-Louise Eta and Sebastian Bönig.
Even before the 3:4 (0:3) home defeat against direct rivals VfL Bochum, there were reports of a separation from Bjelica in the summer. Union President Dirk Zingler contradicted those reports on the DAZN microphone before the Bochum game, but the immediate end still followed.
Union Berlin can still be relegated directly
With another change of coach two game days before the end of the season, Union reacted to the weak results from the past few weeks. After six league games without a win, the Berliners, who started the season as Champions League participants, are 15th in the table. only one point ahead of relegation rank 16. Direct relegation is theoretically still possible.
Union travels to 17th in the table on Saturday, the penultimate matchday (3:30 p.m./Sky). 1. FC Cologne, the following week we will play against SC Freiburg in the An der Alten Försterei stadium.
Source: Stern
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