After defeat in Düsseldorf
Officially: Hertha separates from coach Fiél
Updated on 16.02.2025 – 7:56 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
Second division Hertha BSC lost to Düsseldorf on Saturday. Trainer Cristian Fiél must now go.
The 1-2 bankruptcy of Hertha BSC near Fortuna Düsseldorf on Saturday evening was one defeat too much for Cristian Fiél. The second division separates from his trainer. The Berliners announced this on Sunday evening. Previously, both Sky had already reported the separation from the trainer in the early Sunday and the “kicker”.
Fiél’s successor is said to have already been determined. According to the report, the former Hannover coach Stefan Leitl will take over in Berlin and, together with his assistant coach and ex-Hertha captain Andre Mijatović, will again provide good results.
After the game in Düsseldorf, the fourth bankruptcy in a series in the 2nd Bundesliga, Hertha’s sports director Benjamin Weber Sky had already spoken to plain text: “We will now go home and how we always do it, we have to analyze everything. come into the points. “
Hertha has already received eleven defeats this season and is currently in 13th place in the table with 25 points. The Berliners only have five points ahead of the relegation rank. Fiél himself already knew after the final whistle that it could be tight for him and told the TV station: “Results are crucial when we were simply not good enough for the past few weeks.”
It was only last summer that Fiél left 1st FC Nürnberg and hired Hertha BSC. The dreamed rise for his team moved into the course of the season. Particularly scary: After the 3-0 victory of Magdeburg against Cologne on Friday, Hertha is the worst home team in the league. Only two games could be won in front of a domestic audience.