FC Augsburg: Is Jess Thorup FCA-Trainer?
The fans had a good sense. Her FC Augsburg had just lost the last game of the season against Union Berlin 1: 2 And so that the round ends with four defeats in a row. After a short moment of shock, they switched to celebration mode. They initially applauded timidly before they always called the names of the trainer.
Jess Thorup had stayed in the background, he wanted to leave the last stage of this season to his players. But when he heard his name, the Dane stepped forward. He waved the fans, thanked for the appreciation. A little later he went with the entire team towards the grandstand to say goodbye to the followers by clapping. Will there be again after the summer break?
Thorup has delivered many arguments this season to go into another season together. The FCA had played its third best season on points. The team had remained without defeat in the meantime, the team had remained without defeat Goalkeeper Finn Dahmen defended himself against a goal for 683 minutes. Hopes for international business had even arisen timidly, although nobody wanted to talk about it.
Sports director Jurendic is also criticized
In the table of trainers who have delivered about the expectations based on the circumstances, Thorup is in second place. Behind Freiburg Julian Schuster, but still in front of his compatriot Bo Henriksen, who can play the qualification for the Conference League with Mainz. So everything is good?
Nevertheless. Both Jess Thorup and sports director Marinko Jurendic are criticized. It may well be that FC Augsburg separates from the two in the upcoming week. There will be intensive analyzes. The conversation with Thorup is on Thursday for managing director Michael Ströll. Opened, as Ströll emphasized on Saturday. « We will sit down in peace – as usual, » said the managing director. However, it can be heard that Thorup has to show very good arguments.
As in winter, when crisis talks were held after a mixed first season phase. When Thorup’s possible replacement had already been discussed. With the result of a further employment. Because Thorup was more involved in the alignment of the club. It provides for increasingly relying on their own young players. On Mert Kömür or Noahkai Banks, for example.
Kömür was used in 20 Bundesliga games and 646 minutes, Banks brought it to eight games and 274 minutes. Numbers that do not all satisfy. Above all, because in the course of the second half of the second half of the impression, Thorup fell into old patterns after Michael Ströll insisted less on compliance.
Managing Director Ströll issues ambitious goals
On Saturday evening, the managing director spoke at the final party in the stove house in his speech of « an eventful year with heights and one or the other depth ». And that opportunities were awarded. In the cup competition, for example, than with a somewhat brave approach in Stuttgart seemed more than the quarter -finals possible. As in previous years, the team also ran out of the air again.
Ströll repeatedly emphasized that he « after the maximum strut ». Only those who set ambitious goals can also achieve them. To push in the top ten of the Bundesliga again and again, that hovers in front of him. He wants to make the FCA a club that is more noticeable across Germany and not just a regional phenomenon. And the youth work remains « elementary part of our development ».
Does he continue to see Thorup and Jurendic as the suitable people? Thorup is convinced that Jurendic too. The trainer admitted that he was surprised by the emerging criticism. Especially since he has planned the future in a close exchange with Ströll and Jurendic in recent months. The training camp is certain, the test players and the training start in early July. « We are regularly in an exchange to bring the FCA the next step forward, » said Jurendic.
Thorup gets support from Dahmen and Tietz
The Swiss had « extremely disappointed. We will now sit down in peace and illuminate everything ». It is not about his name, but about the club. « We have to evaluate where we can improve. The opportunity was to get higher in the ranking, » said Thorup. He gets support from the team. « I can only say that the team is very happy to work with the coach – I too, » said goalkeeper Finn Dahmen. This was also confirmed by goal scorer Phillip Tietz, which the rumors surprised as he admitted.
When Jess Thorup left the arena almost an hour and a half after the game, many fans were still waiting. They all wanted autographs or pictures together. Thorup is popular. But is that enough?
