“We all reach our limits”
Successor candidate Baumgart meets the end of Urs Fischer
November 16, 2023, 2:56 p.m
Steffen Baumgart and Urs Fischer value each other. The Swiss’s departure from Berlin hits the Cologne coach. But he also shows understanding. Baumgart is a possible candidate to succeed the club icon, who has no longer been the coach at the Alte Försterei stadium since yesterday.
Football coach Steffen Baumgart regretted that 1. FC Union Berlin and coach Urs Fischer parted ways. “Of course it hits you. Especially when you see how successfully he worked,” Baumgart said to the media after a test match for his 1. FC Köln. He is always in very close contact with the Swiss. After 14 games without a win and slipping to the bottom of the table, Fischer and the Berlin Bundesliga team ended their long, extremely successful collaboration.
Fischer and Baumgart have repeatedly expressed their mutual appreciation in recent years. “I appreciate him very much, I think he has done a very, very good job. And yet sometimes we reach our limits,” said Baumgart on Wednesday.
Fischer says goodbye with breakfast
From the outside you shouldn’t allow yourself to make any judgments about why and wherefore. “I’m sure that all parties will have had a clear discussion about it. It won’t have been a snap action. The matter will have been analyzed clearly,” said the 51-year-old about the separation. “So not only did I read it, but I assume that I also know a little something.”
Baumgart has been an absolute crowd favorite at Union since his time as a player and is still connected to the club. His wife also worked for the club, and he is said to still have an apartment in Köpenick. That’s why the 51-year-old is repeatedly brought up as a possible future coach for the Iron Men. With Cologne, Baumgart is tied with Union in 17th place.
Meanwhile, Fischer said goodbye to his old club this Thursday with a shared breakfast. The Union icon visited the stadium at the Alte Försterei for the last time. Some fans were also waiting for the coach there to see him one last time.