Tedesco fired: Leipzig bang after Champions League embarrassment

Created: 09/07/2022 10:26 am

By: Alexander Kaindl

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RB Leipzig separates from coach Domenico Tedesco.

There is no successor yet, but: Marco Rose is considered a hot candidate.

Leipzig - It's over, that's it!

RB Leipzig pulls the ripcord and separates from coach Domenico Tedesco.

After the disastrous Bundesliga season start (five points from five games), the Champions League opener against underdog Shakhtar Donetsk was an embarrassing 4-1 defeat.

Too much for the RB bosses - the day after, Tedesco, who won the DFB Cup with Leipzig a few months ago, has to go.

A successor has not yet been determined, but an old acquaintance from the Bundesliga is considered the favourite: Marco Rose.

The 45-year-old is currently without a contract, has already trained in Salzburg and is very familiar with the RB cosmos.

Most recently, he failed miserably in Dortmund after having previously worked quite successfully at Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Domenico Tedesco fired: RB Leipzig pulls the ripcord

Back to Leipzig.

At Cottaweg it was said on Wednesday morning: "We have overall responsibility for RB Leipzig and want to achieve our goals.

Therefore, in the overall assessment, we came to the conclusion that we need a new impetus," said managing director Oliver Mintzlaff in a club statement.

The decision was very difficult for him.

Tedesco has to pack his bags just 109 days after winning the DFB Cup.

The downward trend in the league with only five points from the first five games and the embarrassing 1: 4 in the Champions League against Shakhtar Donetsk from Ukraine were fatal for the 36-year-old.

For Tedesco, events are practically repeating themselves.

Already at Schalke 04 - his last engagement in Germany before Leipzig - he was released in March 2018 after a defeat in the premier class.

Of course, Tedesco had earned a bonus by winning the title and the outstanding second half of the season.

But that obviously didn't last too long in the fast-moving world of football.

Even when Leipzig only had two draws after two games, club boss Mintzlaff spoke of a “crappy start” and only started the discussion about Tedesco.

The managing director is again looking for a new coach.

Tedesco was only signed as the successor to Jesse Marsch in December.

Tedesco had rejected an early extension of his contract, which runs until 2023, in the summer.

Now the trail leads to Rose, who lives in a suburb of Leipzig.

In line with this, Max Eberl is to be hired as the new sports director.

Rose and Eberl already worked together at Borussia Mönchengladbach.

(dpa)