On Tuesday there was still a vote of confidence, but after the test match debacle two days later, Markus Fiedler has now been dismissed as coach of second-division soccer club 1. FC Magdeburg. The U-23 coaching duo Petrik Sander and Pascal Ibold, together with assistant coach Silvio Bankert and the rest of the coaching staff, will take over on an interim basis and prepare the team for the second division match at SV Darmstadt 98 on Sunday (1.30pm/Sky).
"As announced, we have carried out an in-depth analysis over the past week and have come to the conclusion that the team no longer has confidence in Markus or hope of a turnaround," said FCM sporting director Otmar Schork. After the disastrous 0:6 in the test match against league rivals Eintracht Braunschweig and the previous 0:4 against SV Elversberg, there was a sense of helplessness, explained the 68-year-old.
Despite six defeats in a row, Schork still backed the coach on Tuesday, whom he himself had brought in as successor to Christian Titz in the summer. At the same time, the manager emphasized that there was "no deadline". This has now come sooner than expected. The club is currently in talks to present a successor, the statement continued.
