Bonucci’s Union Berlin split with coach, bring in first female assistant manager

Leonardo Bonucci’s Union Berlin have parted firm with legendary coach Urs Fischer and made historical past, as Napoli’s Champions League opponents are the primary Bundesliga aspect with a feminine assistant supervisor.

The Italy worldwide joined Union Berlin as a free agent from Juventus over the summer season and located a really completely different scenario to the one they’d final 12 months, which noticed them safe fourth place within the Bundesliga and Champions League qualification.

They had been on a rare run of 13 consecutive defeats in all competitions till the 1-1 draw with Napoli on the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.

That contributed to getting Rudi Garcia sacked and changed by Walter Mazzarri.

It additionally didn’t handle to keep away from a departure in Berlin, as Urs Fischer and assistant Markus Hoffmann are leaving by mutual consent after 5 transformative years on the helm.

Union Berlin have appeared in-house for an interim supervisor, selecting Marco Grote, who had been the coach of the Below-19 staff.

Curiously, his assistant is Marie-Louise Eta, who turns into the primary ever lady assistant supervisor at a Bundesliga membership.

She was a former participant who retired in 2019 and started working in teaching at youth degree.