MOSCOW, Sep 7 Domenico Tedesco sacked as German head coach of the Leipzig football club, according to the team's Twitter. In addition to Tedesco, his assistants Andreas Hinkel and Max Urvanchki were fired. It is noted that the name of the successor will be announced in the near future. Previously, Sky Sport reported that Marco Rose, who previously worked with Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach and the Austrian Salzburg, could become the new coach of the team. In the starting five rounds of the championship Germany «Leipzig» won one victory, drew twice and suffered two defeats. The team has 5 points, it is in 11th place in the standings. On Tuesday, Leipzig suffered a crushing defeat in the first round match of the Champions League group stage against Shakhtar Donetsk (1:4). Tedesco, 36, has been with Leipzig since December 2021. Previously, the German specialist headed the Moscow “Spartak”. Under his leadership, the Red-Whites took second place in the Russian Championship (2020/21).
