Berlin (AP) — Leipzig bet on former Thomas Tuchel’s assistant in Zoolt Loo to save the season.
The 45-year-old – He has nothing to do with former German coach Joachim Lou – was supposed to be his first training session as Leipzig’s interim coach on Monday, a day after the club sacked Marco Rose.
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The Hungarian coach has two days left to prepare for the Bundesliga semi-finals in Stuttgart on Wednesday, but his main task is to make sure Leipzig’s qualifying for a profit.
Despite their defeat, except for one of the eight games in Europe’s main race this season, it seems to have been worth about 50 million euros ($54 million) with Red Bull’s qualifications.
Leipzig are currently sixth in the Premier League, three behind Mainz and seven of the season remaining.
“Now the team is responsible for changing things with Zesolet,” said Marcel Schafar, a sporting director of Leipzig.
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Loo takes over a team that has failed to win any of their last eight games away and has failed to score in the last five games. Leipzig didn’t win at home after beating Holten Kelle in December.
Stuttgart hasn’t won any of his last six games, at home and off the pitch, but he can count on his voice support on Wednesday.
Louo has previously been the assistant coach under Leipzig coaches Ralf Hashotel and Ralf Rangnik, followed by Thomas Tuchel’s assistant at Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea and Bayern Munich. The last time he worked as the “President of the Player of Football Development” under the supervision of the new World Cup president, Jurgen Klopp was the new president of the World Cup.
Lou will need to develop disabled players such as Xavi Simones, Louis Openda and Benjamin Schko. šeško and Openda are the main players in the Premier League with three goals. Simons has only one.
Loo will be responsible for at least eight games. He will determine whether he is nine with the Bundesliga final in Berlin.
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