The 1: 4 disgrace against Stade-Lausanne Ouchy was too much.
—-
Andy Mueller / freshfocus
—
3.7
His second engagement at GC came to an abrupt end: coach Uli Forte had to vacate his seat.
—-
—
7.7
Forte is exempted for the second time by Fredy Bickel.
—-
—-
His contract runs until June 2021. And is estimated at 400,000 CHF for Challenge League conditions. Nevertheless, GC President Andras Gurovits and sports director Fredy Bickel are pulling the ripcord: Forte is gone!
–
This is the result of a conversation between Gurovits and his trainer Forte on Saturday evening.
–
On April 9, 2019, Forte took over from GC as the successor to the unsuccessful Tomislav Stipic. Back then under the direction of Dr. Stephan Rietiker. Forte, who left GC with a lot of background noises through the back door to YB after winning the 2013 Cup, returned to GC. Not to the delight of all GC fans. Even at his front door in Uitikon-Waldegg ZH, Forte was “greeted” with hate posters. He started the Ascension Command a year ago, but was unable to prevent the record champion from descending for the first time in 70 years.
–
The start of the Challenge League season was not bad, given the circumstances. GC hibernated in second place behind Liga-Krösus Lausanne, which would qualify for the Barrage games.
–
Desolate 1: 4 bankruptcy is doomed
But at the end of last year, the crisis started in the last game with a 1-2 against Lausanne. At the start of the second half there is a lean 1: 1 against bottom of the box Chiasso. Then a 1: 2 home loss to Vaduz. When playing on Friday a week ago, the first “Forte-out!” Calls are heard in the Letzigrund. From all three spectator sectors, from the fan curve, but also from the main grandstand and from the family sector. A clear sign.
–
Forte publicly promises improvement. The shot backfires on Friday evening in Nyon! 1-4 against promoted Stade-Lausanne-Ouchy. A desolate appearance by the whole team. The barrage place is in acute danger!
–
During the week, team leader Marko Basic left the team for China. Now Forte has to go too. It is the second time that sports director Fredy Bickel has released Uli Forte. He had previously released him from YB in 2015.
–
One of the candidates for the coaching post is ex-player Urs Meier. The former FCZ coach and ex-GC assistant coach is currently without a club – like ex-GC player Boris Smiljanic ..