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Leipzig coach Marco Rose gives instructions on the touchline during the Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Mönchengladbach and RB Leipzig, at the Borussia-Park stadium in Mönchengladbach, Germany, Saturday Match 29, 2025. (Federico Gambarini/dpa via AP)
(ASSOCIATED PRESS)
LEIPZIG, Germany (AP) — Jürgen Klopp’s friendship was not enough to save him.
Leipzig fired coach Marco Rose on Sunday with the team in danger of missing out on Champions League qualification.
The Red Bull-owned club also dismissed Rose’s coaching team of Alexander Zickler, Marco Kurth and Frank Geideck, and the head of first team soccer Frank Aehlig, in a shakeup it hopes will prompt a reaction from the team before Wednesday’s German Cup semifinal at Stuttgart.