Still backing in Wolfsburg
Coach Niko Kovac is pleased about the support of the supervisory board and management in the sporting crisis at VfL Wolfsburg. “It’s quite an appreciation. This came not only from Marcel Schäfer, but also from Mr. Witter. I do believe that as a coaching team we work well, intensively and very meticulously. That is also noticed,” said Kovac on Thursday before the next Bundesliga game at Darmstadt 98 (Saturday, 3:30 p.m./Sky). He wants to “give back” this trust.
Wolfsburg started this season as a European Cup candidate. After being eliminated from the DFB Cup, they have only won one of the last eight games in the Bundesliga. Nevertheless, managing director Marcel Schäfer and supervisory board chairman Frank Witter spoke out in favor of further cooperation with Kovac, who had come under criticism, after the 0-1 defeat against SC Freiburg.
“I have absolute confidence in the words spoken,” said the VfL coach. “But I also know: This won’t last until the end of the season if we don’t present ourselves better in terms of points. Everyone understands that – and of course I understand that too.”
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This is what reports “Hamburger Abendblatt“that Wolfsburg is dealing with Fabian Hürzeler from second division leaders FC St. Pauli. However, this is a standard form of contact in the industry and speculation is still rather dubious. St. Pauli would like to extend Hürzeler anyway and make him the highest paid coach in the club’s history, but an agreement is still pending an exit clause. It is also said that if Kovac were to leave, VfL would currently favor Urs Fischer as his successor. The 57-year-old left his place at the troubled 1. FC Union Berlin in November after more than five years.
Despite the weak results, Kovac still believes in a sporting turnaround. “It’s more of a result crisis than a game crisis,” said the 52-year-old. “I am convinced that it is only a matter of time, when will it happen? Then things will turn around again.” The team is “not a bunch that no longer achieves anything. On the contrary: the team is willing. This is a team that sacrifices itself every day in training.”
It’s unbelievable what kind of rubbish Kovac said today (results crisis, etc.). I hope for his sake that he doesn’t believe that himself.
In the first few years under Schmadtke, I actually had the feeling that I could create something here that had real substance. The new structure under Labbadia 18/19, the clear further development including game idea under Glasner 2019-21. But then everything was torn down again. Completely inappropriate coaches (van Bommel, Kohfeldt) who do everything the players…
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