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VfB Stuttgart is parting ways with coach Bruno Labbadia
The 0:3 at 1. FC Union Berlin was probably Bruno Labbadia’s last game as coach of VfB Stuttgart
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VfB Stuttgart has been advising on the future of coach Bruno Labbadia since Sunday. According to the TV broadcaster Sky, a decision has now been made.
According to a media report, Bruno Labbadia’s rescue mission at VfB Stuttgart failed after 120 days. According to information from Sky, the bottom of the table in the Bundesliga is said to have separated from the 57-year-old coach. The TV station reported on Monday. The 0: 3 at 1. FC Union Berlin on Saturday – the seventh defeat of the Swabians under Labbadia in the last nine games in the championship – was therefore probably too much.
The “Bild” newspaper reported shortly after the game that Labbadia was said to be out. Nothing has been announced about a possible successor.
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With the quarterfinals on Wednesday (6 p.m. / Sky) in the DFB Cup at second division 1. FC Nürnberg, the first serious test awaits the possible new coach before the relegation duel at VfL Bochum on Sunday.
Labbadia initially led the training on Sunday, and those responsible around CEO Alexander Wehrle held talks about his future. After further negotiations on Monday, they are said to have come to the conclusion that Labbadia am Neckar will not continue.
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Since taking office on December 5, Stuttgart have only won one game in the Bundesliga, a good two weeks ago they slipped to last place. The third relegation of the five-time German champion since 2016 is getting closer.
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After the departure of coach Pellegrino Matarazzo in mid-October and Michael Wimmer’s intermezzo as an interim solution, Labbadia, who had previously saved some clubs from relegation, is the third coach this season under whom there was no improvement in performance. He also managed to stay up in the league with VfB in his first term between 2010 and 2013.
“We have three coaches, all with very different profiles. That means we won’t find the sole culprit,” sports director Fabian Wohlgemuth said on Saturday – and avoided a commitment to Labbadia.