🚨 Bundesliga record: Top club sack coach after just 2 matches, say media | OneFootball

Erik ten Hag allegedly has to leave Bayer Leverkusen after just two matchdays. It not only feels like a record time, but it actually is. Never before has a newly appointed coach had to pack his bags after just two matchdays before the season even started.

This is now reportedly the case with ten Hag, according to Fabrizio Romano and Florian Plettenberg. Previously, 'kicker', 'Sky', and 'Bild' had reported that a crisis meeting was to be held after the conclusion of the transfer activities on Deadline Day to decide the future of the Dutchman. Now it happened even faster.

On one hand, the new coach started the season with poor results, losing to Hoffenheim and squandering a two-goal lead against ten Bremen players (3:3). The unstructured appearance of his team raised questions.

However, that's not all. According to 'kicker', ten Hag "broke a lot of china" on several levels. Public demands for transfers created a bad atmosphere, and the 55-year-old's demeanor was too dominant and not cooperative enough.

Additionally, too much went wrong on the professional level. After the team had been spoiled by Xabi Alonso, ten Hag fell short in areas such as "communication, match preparation against opponents, in-game coaching, and tactical content." The trade magazine even described it as a "culture shock."

Ultimately, Bayer's decision-makers opted for a quick end to the misunderstanding. Nevertheless, the question arises as to how Simon Rolfes and Fernando Carro could have been so wrong in their choice of coach?

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