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Surprise in Berlin: Felix Magath returns to the Bundesliga – the Hertha press conference live
Huge surprise at Hertha BSC. The relegation-threatened capital city club names Felix Magath as its new coach after the dismissal of Tayfun Korkut. Magath will train the table penultimate until the end of the current season. The press conference in the live ticker.
Magath zur Hertha: The press conference after the mega surprise
“The game in Gladbach showed that the team wants to fight to stay up. I’m confident that we’ll be able to stay up,” said Magath aggressively.
Felix Magath answers the journalists’ questions
“We now have eight Bundesliga games ahead of us. The goal is for us to climb at least one or two places at the end of the season,” said the coach, aiming to stay up in the league.
Magath wants to take “everyone” with him
Now Magath takes the floor. He thanks Bobic for his trust. “It’s not about Fredi Bobic or Felix Magath, it’s about Hertha BSC. Everyone has to work together to get out of this difficult situation,” explains Magath.
“Hard hand” desired by Magath
Magath’s well-known “hard hand” is important in the current situation. That’s why Magath is the right man, according to Bobic.
“We have to start from scratch. We need a football coach with a lot of experience and a strong personality,” explains Bobic.
Here we go
Sport managing director Fredi Bobic takes the floor first.
Magath was German champion twice with Bayern and once again with Wolfsburg. The 68-year-old is not known as a classic “fireman”. His last engagement in the Bundesliga was ten years ago (VfL Wolfburg, 2012).
Welcome to the live ticker from FOCUS-Online! At 1.00 p.m. Fredi Bobic and Felix Magath appear in front of the press representatives and want to explain their procedure. No lesser goal than clear relegation should be tackled. Hertha BSC is currently in 17th place in the table.
Felix Magath should save Hertha
With this solution, in Berlin probably no one expected: Felix Magath is returning to the league after ten years as a coach Soccer Bundesliga back and should protect Hertha BSC from the impending relegation.
A few hours earlier, the Berliners had parted ways with their coach Tayfun Korkut after five defeats and falling to 17th place. After Pal Dardai and Korkut, Magath is the third Hertha coach this season and the seventh since 2019.
Hertha boss Fredi Bobic says about the surprising decision in Berlin: “Felix Magath’s CV speaks for itself. With him we have found someone who has proven many times over that, with his immense experience as a coach in any sporting situation of his kind and his charisma, he can make the right adjustments to lead us out of our sportingly challenging situation.”
Magath: “I’m willing to help Hertha”
Magath himself emphasizes: “I had very clear and open talks with Fredi Bobic. We are all aware of the current sporting situation and I am happy to help Hertha BSC achieve their goal of staying up in the league. What is important now is that everyone is fully focused on the remaining eight games.”
In England Magath had no success as manager of FC Fulham in 2014. Only one engagement in China followed. Most recently he worked for the company Flyeralarm as a consultant for the Würzburg Kickers and the Austrian club Admira Wacker Mödling.
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Felix Magath is returning to the Bundesliga after ten years as a coach. The news immediately sparked mockery on social media. “Half the team will be on sick leave tomorrow” and “medicine balls will soon be in short supply in Berlin”.
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