Soccer-Bundesliga club Schalke 04 draws the consequences from the athletic descent of the table 14. and separates from coach Domenico Tedesco. The “century coach” from S04 will now serve as a firefighter.
Even in the last season he was seen as a promise for the future. However, the high appreciation of Domenico Tedesco, nothing more is at FC Schalke 04 remained. One and a half years after his assumption of office at the precinct club of the first League is finished-the adventure of the 33-year-old football teacher. Five-game unbeaten-defeats with 0:7-shame in the Champions League at Manchester City as a negative peak cost the actually contracted to 2022-bound former Schalke hopes the Job.
“The development of below the line negative”
For Tedesco, the table 14. on Thursday evening, with. Against Leipzig is now to attack first, an interim solution, with the Ex-coach of Huub Stevens as head coach, the member of the Supervisory Board of the Association, and former professional Mike Büskens as an assistant.
“We have made this decision easy, because Domenico Tedesco enjoys a great appreciation to Schalke. However, we must not ignore the fact that the development of this season the bottom line is negative,” said sporting Director Jochen Schneider. “After careful Consideration” not to come “to the realization” that a turnaround “in the current personnel constellation is possible”.
Of-the-century coach as a firefighter
Now, you just need to step in even Stevens. The Dutchman had led Schalke to the 1997 UEFA Cup victory, as well as in 2001 and 2002 to the DFB Cup Triumph. Of the Schalke Fans, he has been for the century coach selected. In addition, Büskens helps. The Ex-player had already jumped once as interim coach, but as a Co-coach of the U15 national team at the DFB. In the international break, which totally unsettled the team to the next, and a direction away game on December 31 is to be presented to the Hear a new coach. March at Hannover 96 will be prepared.
Sitting on the S04-Trainer-Bank: Mike Büskens (l) and Huub Stevens (r)
With the separation of Tedesco, a new king begins final blue section. Finally, it had started after the withdrawal of Ex-sporting Director Christian Heidel and the commitment of Schneider as his successor is already in the renewal. After the worst defeat for a German club team in the Premier class, Schneider had not spoken with the coach already in the trust.
The fear of the Bundesliga relegation
The ever increasing descent of the end of fear of a possible Bundesliga. “We can’t move on after the game to the agenda. It is not, of course, only the isolated a-game,” said Schneider before returning to the team on Wednesday and so the Inevitable is indicated.
After the crash on 14th place of the League with only 23 points after 25 games and the noise of eighth-finals-on Tuesday Tedesco was not to hold, even if the club leadership wanted to give the popular and competent Coach originally the Bundesliga home match against Leizig on Saturday. Now do not need to make the cutter only on the search for a new sporting Director and a Technical Director, but also a new head coach to commit to.
jhr/boron (sid, dpa)