“In the light of the last days & weeks”
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VfL Osnabrück exchanges the coaching team and insists on a realignment in the sporting area. With a long list of grievances of the past few months, the third division team announced the separation of chief coach Marco Antwerpen and assistant Frank Döpper. The coaching team on the Bremen bridge had only taken over at the turn of the year.
In the 3rd league, the purple and whites succeeded after some tremors. Nevertheless, the season of the previous second division team can only be seen as a great failure. Most recently, the team missed participation in the DFB Cup in the state cup final against BW Lohne (2: 4). Managing Director Dr. Michael Welling said: “In view of the events this season-starting with the catastrophic first half of the season, about two coaches, the separation from the managing director of Sport as well as other personnel changes in the license area, right up to the sporting performance after relegation, the missed qualification for the DFB Cup and the overall development in the past few weeks-it is clear that we are fundamentally structurally and in a sporting area must.
Wellig further explained: “In general, we have already analyzed the season without reservation and very critically during the ongoing game operation in order to consistently advance the planning for the new and the coming seasons without delay. The aim is to structurally sustainable. Trainer teams. “
After reporting on discrepancies between the coach and club tour and team, Antwerp in the now sent notification of the VfL did not have a say, advisory board chairman Holger Elixmann said: “We were constantly involved in the evaluation of the sporting situation and the current knowledge since winter and particularly intensively in the past few days. Frank Döpper the only right step. ” The club did not go into the background of the alleged examination of the trainer with the superiors.