RB Leipzig reacted to the negative trend in the Bundesliga and fired coach Jesse Marsch. Most recently CEO Oliver Mintzlaff hinted at such a decision.
The defeat on Friday at Union Berlin ultimately brought the decision: RB Leipzig got away from coach Jesse March separated. The club announced on Sunday. Already after the 1: 2 at the Köpenickern, RB’s managing director indicated Oliver Mintzlaff Consequences, spoke of a “shitty game”.
Leipzig suffered three defeats in a row for the first time in the Bundesliga. After 11th place in the table and only 18 points, the coach now had to leave. The announcement reads: “RB Leipzig and head coach Jesse Marsch have mutually agreed to end the cooperation. This is the result of an in-depth analysis and intensive discussions after the Bundesliga away game against Union Berlin.” Most recently, Marsch was unable to stand on the sidelines for three games due to a corona infection, but virtually looked after the team from quarantine.
Beierlorzer will take over until the winter break
At the important Champions League game against Manchester City on Tuesday evening (6.45 p.m. / im t-online live ticker) becomes assistant trainer Achim Beierlorzer sit on the bench and prepare the team for the upcoming home game. In addition, Leipzig writes in the club announcement: “A successor solution for Jesse Marsch will be presented soon.”
Mintzlaff did not want to reveal who he was looking for as his successor. “If we want to announce a coach, we would have done that in the press release. Our job is to deal with possible candidates,” said the managing director in the football talk “Doppelpass” on Sunday. “But it is not that we are in the dark. Achim Beierlorzer will take over until the winter break. Then we assume that we will be able to present the new head coach of RB Leipzig for the second half of the season.”
One-two moderator Rudi Brückner had previously thrown the names Roger Schmidt (currently Eindhoven), Bo Svensson (currently Mainz), Domenico Tedesco (without a club) and Rúben Amorim (currently Sporting Lisbon) into the room. Matthias Jaissle (currently in Salzburg) and Gerhard Struber (currently in New York) from the “Red Bull cosmos” could also be considered as successors.
“The separation from Jesse Marsch was not easy for us, because I really appreciate Jesse as a person and a coach,” Mintzlaff had previously commented on the decision against Marsch in a press release. “It is a shame that it did not work out as hoped in this constellation and that this step has now become necessary because unfortunately the desired development and thus the necessary results for our season goals did not materialize.”
Marsch is “grateful” for having been given a chance
Marsch himself is also quoted on the website as saying: “I am very grateful to be part of the Red Bull family and to have been given this opportunity! Up until the very end, I had the hope that after a troubled start to the season we would and Finding more unity and stability in changing appearances as a group and turning the proverbial course around. Unfortunately we didn’t manage that – after talking to Oliver Mintzlaff, we decided together to make a change in the coaching position. “
The American wasn’t until the summer of RB Salzburg as the successor to Julian Nagelsmannwho had emigrated to Bavaria, came to Leipzig.
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