Leverkusen - "character test failed!" Poisoned Rudi Voeller. "Bloodless" grumbled Labbadia.
After the mega embarrassing performance at the Karlsruhe 0-1 against bottom ringing the alarm bells at Bayer.
The Bundesliga season is in the bucket - and in the current constitution, Bayer could save the trip to Berlin for the DFB Cup final against Werder Bremen more equal. But until then, there are still five weeks.
To get at this time, the curve again, the bosses announce now the hard shaft. In fact, were planned for today and tomorrow, two days off - deleted! As was coach, sports director and CEO, who took on Sunday morning the team in a crisis meeting in the duty, quickly agreed. "We would also like to indulge ourselves leisure times a day, but after this game will not do," said Labbadia.
Nations, which the EXPRESS on Sunday afternoon at his home in Rome, is explicit: "On Tuesday I'll be back. Then I will talk individually with the players. Something like against Karlsruhe should not happen again in this form. "
Rudi bash buttons up the player so personally - not the only indication that Labbadia reached the team's only ten months after taking office only with difficulty.
On 14 Matchday traveled to Bielefeld Bayer as the leader - since there conceded defeat (1-2) got the most talented, compared to last year with top people like helmet, Renato and Kadlec reinforced troops in 16 games ridiculous 14 points. A non-explanatory break. If the for "buddy" Skibbe as a "grinder" fetched Labbadia trained the troops have broken or the players simply tired of his monotonous speeches?
EXPRESS asked captain Simon Rolfes after Sunday Training: In the league you are in this season compared to last, where she missed on the last matchday of the UEFA Cup, furious failed. 12 points behind in fifth place - what is the role as the coach? Rolfes' response: "That's all together. Since all have a certain responsibility. "This is anything but a commitment to the coach. Patrick Helmes has also now extremely sluggish.
After all, managing director Wolfgang wooden houses is fully behind public Labbadia: "We will be there in the next season with Bruno Labbadia." Whether he looks forward to the Cup final? In a victory would Labbadia reached even the officially stated aim UEFA Cup and could escape the funeral pile again.
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