Football international

Belgium coach Wilmots will have to go

The Belgian national soccer coach Marc Wilmots must take because of the disappointing performance at the European Championships in France his hat. The Ukraine, meanwhile, a new national coach.

Marc Wilmots will have to pay for the surprisingly early From the much-fancied Belgian national football team at the European championship in France. The Belgian football Association KBVB separated two weeks after the
1:3 of the “Red devils” in the quarter-finals against Wales, his 47-year-old national coach. The contract of the former professionals and Coach of Schalke 04 delivery actually until the middle of 2018.

It was “the common Belief” of the Association, and Wilmots’ that now “a new impetus is necessary”, said the KBVB. The targets for the EURO had not been reached. Immediately after the defeat against Wales, the Association had excluded “hasty decisions” in the coach question. Wilmots had left his future open. “I need time to think about it,” he said.

Who’s going to lead Belgium to the world Cup 2018 to Russia, was initially not known. Until the next international match on 1. September was to be found in Brussels against Spain, but a solution, said the Association. The world ranking Second in the world Cup qualifying group H on Bosnia-Herzegovina, Greece, Estonia, Cyprus and Gibraltar.

Shevchenko the new coach of the Ukraine

Meanwhile, in the Ukraine, the former world-class striker Andrey was introduced to Shevchenko as the new national coach. The 39-Year-old is the successor of Mikhail Fomenko, whose contract was to run after EM. Ukraine was after three defeats in the preliminary round of group C against Germany (0:2), Northern Ireland (0:2) and Poland (0:1) as a table, the last eliminated.

sn/jw (sid,dpa)