Overview

• U23 coaches Petrik Sander and Pascal Ibold have taken interim charge and are preparing the team for Sunday’s match in Darmstadt.
• Sporting chief Otmar Schork said the Braunschweig friendly defeat was not decisive, citing a loss of belief identified in the wake of the Elversberg setback.
• After publicly backing Markus Fiedler on Tuesday, Schork held successor talks from Wednesday to Sunday before executing the change at his set deadline.
• Magdeburg are bottom of the 2. Bundesliga with three points from eight games and six straight defeats, intensifying pressure on the reset.
• With the interim step up, A-Youth coach Daniel Wölfel and academy coach Carsten Müller were assigned to guide the Regionalliga side, and the broader coach search will not be rushed.