Augsburg have named Martin Schmidt as their new head coach after sacking predecessor Manuel Baum, assistant coach Jens Lehmann and technical director Stephan Schwarz.
The Bundesliga club have taken drastic action after Sunday s 4-0 home defeat to Hoffenheim left them 15th in the table, just four points above the relegation play-off spot.
Over the last few weeks and months, we have done everything to take control of our difficult situation together, the club s managing director Stefan Reuter said in a statement.
We have decided to make a clean cut at the current time in order to set course for a successful sporting end to the season, and for the future of FC Augsburg.
Former Arsenal and Germany goalkeeper Lehmann was appointed by Baum in January, but th…
Vinicius Junior has revealed some Real Madrid players still get nervous when speaking to head coach Zinedine Zidane.
Former France international Zidane, who returned to Madrid in March after resigning in the wake of leading the club to a third straight Champions League title in 2018, is widely considered to be one of the best players of his generation.
He won the Ballon d Or in 1998 after spearheading France s World Cup triumph in the same year, scoring twice in the final against Brazil, and won the Champions League with Madrid in 2002 after crashing home a stunning volley in the final against Bayer Leverkusen.
Despite the Madrid squad containing multiple high-profile stars, Vinicius says there are times when they are in still in awe of their boss.
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Chile s preparations for its Copa America title defense went from bad to worse on Wednesday after substitute Javier Hernandez led Mexico to a 1-0 victory.
Hernandez came off the bench to score an 86th-minute winner as defending Copa champion Chile crashed to back-to-back defeats following last week s shock loss to Jamaica.
With the game seemingly petering out for a draw in the final warm-up fixture for both teams at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, Hernandez sprung the offside trap and headed powerfully past Cristopher Toselli as Mexico s unbeaten run extended to 19 matches.
Mexico recorded an eighth consecutive clean sheet in the process, with the Mexicans last tasting defeat in the 2015 edition of the Copa America.
Both Mexico and Chile made numerous ch…
Valencia have spoken out against proposed changes to the Supercopa de Espana format and warned Spanish football authorities not to implement the plans.
The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has suggested changing the one-off tie between the winners of LaLiga and the Copa del Rey into a four-team tournament, which would involve the league s top two and the domestic cup finalists.
The first revamped competition has been earmarked for January 2020 and there are reports of negotiations with Saudi Arabia over hosting rights worth €150million.
LaLiga has already confirmed its opposition to the plans as the feud between Spain s top flight and its national governing body continues, and Valencia have now expressed their own deep concerns.
In a statement …
Marseille midfielder Andre Ayew claimed he can sleep easy despite his team s defeats on the road at their main Ligue 1 rivals.
Ahead of their last match before Ligue 1 s mid-season break, Ayew played down the importance of Marseille potentially finishing first across the first half of the season.
Instead, the Ghana international was more interested in discussing Marseille s losses at third-placed Lyon, second-placed Paris Saint-Germain and sixth-placed Monaco.
Monaco, who finished second in 2013-14, trumped Marseille 1-0 last week but Ayew insists his team can improve against Ligue 1 s powerhouses in the second half of the season.
We went there [Paris, Lyon and Monaco] and even if we dominated all three games, we had more opportunities, but we lost, Aye…