Felix Magath is back in the Bundesliga after around nine years. The experienced coach should save Hertha BSC from relegation to second division. On Monday, the new Berlin trainer explains his plans at a press conference.
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+++ Will Hertha BSC turn the tide with Magath? +++
Felix Magath takes over Hertha BSC in a difficult sporting situation. Due to the recent 2-0 defeat at Borussia Mönchengladbach, the Berliners have slipped into a direct relegation zone in the Bundesliga. At the press conference, he should explain how Magath intends to lead the capital club to stay up in the league.
+++ Hertha BSC causes a big surprise +++
With the signing of Felix Magath, Hertha BSC caused a real surprise. The 68-year-old, who was last on the sidelines at VfL Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga in 2012, follows the dismissed Tayfun Korkut at the capital city club.
“Felix Magath’s CV speaks for itself,” Hertha’s sporting director Fredi Bobic is quoted as saying in the press release from Berliner: “With him we have been able to win someone who has already proven many times that with his immense experience as a coach in any sporting situation of his kind and his charisma can turn the right screws to lead us out of our sportingly challenging situation.”
Magath receives a contract with Hertha BSC until the end of the season.
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