Union Berlin: That’s why Nenad Bjelica failed as coach in Köpenick | Sports

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Separation with announcement!

Union Berlin fired coach Nenad Bjelica (52) on Monday afternoon with immediate effect. Club boss Dirk Zingler (59) pulls the ripcord after the desolate 3:4 against Bochum and the slide to 15th place.

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At a club event, Zingler said about the separation: “It wasn’t planned that way and wasn’t that wanted. It’s not perfect because every change of coach is always a defeat for the club.”

As in the case of Bjelica! He will take office at the end of November 2023 as the successor to successful coach Urs Fischer (58), and says confidently: “I can be just as successful as my predecessor.” For the ex-professional (including Kaiserslautern), returning to the Bundesliga is a lifelong dream fulfilled, for the first time he is coaching a club from the top 5 leagues in Europe.

Nenad Bjelica initially stabilizes Union Berlin

The Croatian football teacher manages to achieve results quickly. The 3-1 win in its first home game against Gladbach is the first three points after ten league games without a win. Bjelica relies on players like Benedict Hollerbach (22), who don’t get a chance under Fischer – and who deliver.

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But Bjelica’s bad misfire follows: During the game in Munich (0-1), the emotional Bayern coach Leroy Sané (28) grabbed his face twice, was banned for three games by the DFB – and stood by Union shortly before the expulsion.

At the latest, discipline fanatic Bjelica loses a lot of support in the team. There are also interpersonal tensions with the old school coach. Parts of the team are dissatisfied with the tactical preparation and training content. The fact that Bjelica only uses video analyzes in small doses is also surprising internally.

However: Bjelica repeatedly complained that he lacks strikers suitable for the Bundesliga. He is also a victim of manager Oliver Ruhnert’s (52) failed squad planning. With just 29 goals, the Iron Men have the second weakest offense in the world Bundesliga.

In the end, however, the coach holds his head. The broken relationship resulted in six winless games and the revelation against VfL – and finally in Bjelica’s expulsion after 162 days.