FC Koln’s Stale Solbakken given lifeline despite a losing start - Bundesliga news
FC Koln manager Stale Solbakken has been given a lifeline by the club’s sporting director Volker Finke despite making a poor start to his tenure as a manager. Solbakken took charge of the Billy Goats during this summer from the interim manager, Finke. The
Norwegian hasn’t had the best of starts to his journey as Koln finds themselves rooted at the bottom with just one point from three games.
The 43-year-old lost to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/VfL-Wolfsburg-c40881 in his opening game by a 3-0 margin. The match was also Koln’s first of this year’s campaign. The following week, Solbakken’s troops surrendered at Veltins Arena when they were thumped 5-1 by Schalke. The Billy Goats
added some respectability in their ranks by holding off Kaiserslautern to a 1-1 draw in the club’s last league game on Saturday, August 20. The draw also gave Koln their first points this year and will take on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hamburger-SV-c39485 in their next game on Saturday, August
27.
Solbakken has vowed to make a quick recovery from this turbulent start and was confident of leading his side to their first win over Hamburg on the coming weekend. He showed gratitude to Finke for entrusting him with this http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 and claimed to justify his selection
in the coming weeks.
The manager, at the same time, urged his side to step up the gas and think victory ahead of the Saturday’s encounter. The former FC Copenhagen manager believed that his team will soon turn the tides and will become a serious threat for the fellow teams in
the league.
Finke also induced belief in his manager and is eager on giving him time to settle down at the club. While talking to the local press, the sporting director added, "We have taken on Solbakken for at least 68 leagues games and not just two or three. I promise
you that he will be coach for all 68 games."
Solbakken, as a player, represented http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Norway-c2974 in 58 internationals, bagging nine goals in return. He started his managerial career in 2002 with the Norwegian outfit, Hamarkameratene (Ham Kam).
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