During its Champions League campaign, LOSC will still have to face SK Sturm Graz. The Austrian club has just lost its coach, poached by Hoffenheim.
Fenerbahçe SK and Slavia Prague failed, during the month of August, to get rid of LOSC, qualified for the league phase of the Champions League. Midway through, his men recorded good results with a setback (Sporting CP, 2-0), a draw (Juventus FC, 1-1) and two wins (Real and Atlético de Madrid), making seven wins.
Well off to a good start, the Mastiffs can look forward to future events with a trip to Bologna (11/27) then the reception of SK Sturm Graz (12/11). The Austrians, opponents they had already surpassed during the previous year in the Conference League, have just suffered a serious disappointment with the departure of their coach.
In difficulty in the Bundesliga, Hoffenheim (15th, 9 pts) parted ways with Pellegrino Matarazzo at the start of the week and has just formalized the appointment of Christian Ilzer (47) this Friday. The technician left SK Sturm Graz following an operation estimated at 2.5 million euros and signed a contract linking him to the German team until June 2027: “Bundesliga club TSG Hoffenheim have appointed Christian Ilzer as head coach. With him, assistant coaches Dominik Deutschl and Uwe Hölzl are also moving to Germany. Marco Angeler will follow the trio in December »specifies the TSG.
Following these departures, Jürgen Säumel took over at SK Sturm Graz, 33rd in the Champions League and first in Austria, as interim coach.
