by Who would choose Augsburg when Dortmund, Leverkusen or Leipzig will hit? Who would go to the incarnation of the mediocrity of Grise Bundesliga? Sandro Wagner chose FCA, who, with his new head coach, wants to become sexy. Together, they go to all and take great risks.
Jess Thorup and Marinko Jourendic felt this new self -image less than a year later. Despite a concern, the coach and the sports director had to leave last May. The new manager corresponds better to the desired image: a pilot passionate about Porsche and more recently deputy coach of the German national team.
Thorup and Jourendic’s layoffs also show that, unlike popular belief, Wagner has not chosen an easy task to start his career as a head coach in the Bundesliga. Augsburg clearly indicated in May that a twelfth comfortable place is no longer enough.
So Wagner cannot just make its way, see how the Bundesliga works and, if necessary, count on the supposed non-delegation of the Fuggerstadt club. He must deliver. And he must deliver what none of his predecessors could: an attractive attacker football.
So was it a hasty decision? The Wagner contract with the DFB took place until the 2026 World Cup. If Julian Nagelsmann was even to be closer to his promise from the World Cup, the reputation of Sandro Wagner would also have increased. Success is sexy.
The best proof of this is the film Hansi. In 2014, he won the World Cup as an assistant to Jogi Löw. His next job coach position was at FC Bayern, where he won the triples. Wagner, however, leaves the DFB comfort zone and risks its very good reputation in Augsburg.
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If he forgot the speed with which you can go from hero to zero in the Bundesliga, Nori şahin can surely remind him. Also considered an exceptional training talent, the 36-year-old had to leave BVB after only half a season last year. Since then, there have been no new offers from best clubs. His career career is in a standstill. Wagner has only one year.
A personal person like him could rightly counter that the world belongs to the brave. This is what connects it to the new FC Augsburg. Only literal interaction does not yet work yet.
Wagner has declared active football as its DNA. It is a big change for Bavarian Swabians, who previously played in a reactive manner. This has become particularly obvious in the double friend against Rot-Weiß Essen. FCA lost the first match 1-2. The two goals conceded came from counterattack after the Bundesliga team lost the ball while advancing.
In the second game of the day, however, the new style of play worked perfectly. Thanks to a continuous intense game with and without the ball, the FCA forced a 4-1 victory. The importance of friendly matches is certainly limited. However, this suggests that dull football in Augsburg is over, in one way or another. In any case, the coach wants to see a style of football which takes as much risks as it did it in his own career planning. And as Wagner himself noted after the Essen matches, they “still have a lot of work” in front of them.
This work then started at the training camp. That it succeeded will be seen in just under two weeks at the start of the season in the DFB-Pokal, then in the Bundesliga. But the eyes of the world of football are already on Augsburg. An important first step on the way to an Fcaura has already been crossed.
This article was translated into English by artificial intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.
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