Wolves Sacked Julen Lopetegui As Head Coach; Former Spain Manager Favored
Wolves Sacked Julen Lopetegui As Head Coach; Former Spain Manager Favored. Spain men’s soccer team sacked. Julen Lopetegui, 56, is Wolves’ top candidate to take over the job; they are in the Premier League relegation zone with only one win so far; Sevilla are the ones that have Lopetegui under contract. However, they fired him after their 4-1 home defeat to Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday in Champions League matches.
Julen Lopetegui has been sacked after Sevilla’s 4-1 defeat to Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League.
Wolves have sacked Bruno Lage after only 15 months of coaching. They were recently 2-0 against West Ham and are 18th on the Premier League Table.
The wolves have not named a successor to Lage yet, but Steve Davis and James Collins will lead the team Saturday against Chelsea. Lopetegui had been in charge of Sevilla since June, but was increasingly under pressure as they won only once in eight matches and were one point above the relegation line.
The 56-year-old became manager of the Spanish national team in 2016, and he spent the next two years running it. In 2018, he came back to management.
Podence: The Wolves players are to blame in part, but ultimately Lage was let go because of poor performance in training sessions and matches.
Carlos Podence implored his teammates, and especially the club’s older players beforehand, to guide the team out of its slump.
It is very sad because the boss shouldn’t be blamed for all the losses. We are playing well, but we are not succeeding – which makes players feel bad.
Players weren’t doing well in training sessions and matches so a different way of doing things was needed. The club knew that the boss had to go, but accepted it and began playing better because of it. Players had to demand more from each other for change.
What will help Manchester United is a mix of everything: the system and the management. The players have been comfortable in the old system. Watching other teams sack managers, thinking about how we as players need to do more.
With 31 games left, Wolves were in 7th place and five points away from the Champions League. Since then, their play has disintegrated and they’re now out of a job.
The fact that Manchester City has scored fewer goals since April, and Burnley were relegated in May, shows a dramatic decline. One win in 15 games goes to illustrate this abysmal slump.
Lage failed to reach his goals with a team that did not score them. However, Ruben Neves, the best player on the team, was put in defense while the short Daniel Podence played as striker. Nelson Semedo played on the wing since it’s not how he plays best.