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Lieberknecht leaves, Düsseldorf lead: August in the 2. Bundesliga

Lieberknecht leaves, Düsseldorf lead: August in the 2. Bundesliga

What is new in the 2. Bundesliga? 2. Bundesliga expert Louis Ostrowski has the latest from the world's best second division.

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Sep 03, 2024
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Lieberknecht leaves, Düsseldorf lead: August in the 2. Bundesliga
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We are only a month into the new 2. Bundesliga season, and we have already lost one of the league’s best-known and longest-serving coaches.

Torsten Lieberknecht resigned from his role in Darmstadt last weekend after his team were humbled by a 4-0 loss in Elversberg. The Lilies go into the first international break with only one point—a record just as bad as it was in the Bundesliga last year—and little reason to believe this season will go any better.

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Louis Ostrowski
Keen observer of 2. Bundesliga, armchair fan of VfL Osnabrück and kit collector. On twitter at @ostrl
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