European football: History-maker Eta’s first Union Berlin game ends in defeat

Marie-Louise Eta’s landmark first lucifer arsenic interim caput coach of Union Berlin ended successful a 2-1 Bundesliga conclusion astatine location to relegation-threatened Wolfsburg.

The 34-year-old Eta made history connected Saturday erstwhile she became nan first female to return complaint of a men’s squad successful 1 of nan apical 5 European leagues.

Union Berlin, who turned to Eta for nan remainder of nan play aft sacking Steffen Baumgart past weekend, fell down to an 11th-minute extremity from Patrick Wimmer.

A Union Berlin instrumentality holds a placard that reads: ‘Marie-Louise Eta Football Goddess UNVEU’ Photograph: Clemens Bilan/EPA

Second-bottom Wolfsburg doubled their advantage a infinitesimal into nan 2nd half erstwhile Christian Eriksen group up Dzenan Pejcinovic, earlier nan erstwhile Nottingham Forest guardant Oliver Burke halved nan shortage precocious on.

Marie-Louise Etais hugged by nine mascot Ritter Keule. Photograph: Maja Hitij/Getty Images

Hoffenheim’s Andrej Kramaric scored 2 penalties, including 1 heavy successful second-half stoppage time, to springiness nan hosts a 2-1 triumph complete Borussia Dortmund and gift nan Bundesliga leaders, Bayern Munich, nan chance to wrap up nan title pinch a triumph aliases a tie complete Stuttgart connected Sunday.

Dortmund are connected 64 points pinch 4 matches left, while Bayern are 12 points clear astatine nan apical and will triumph their 2nd successive convention crown.

Dortmund were connected nan backmost ft passim nan brushwood pinch Kramaric converting a 42nd-minute punishment to springiness Hoffenheim a afloat deserved lead. The visitors showed nary signs of a comeback successful nan 2nd half pinch Hoffenheim again successful afloat power of nan game, until Serhou Guirassy sewage nan shot astatine nan separator of nan container and unleashed an unstoppable debased thrust to level.

Hoffenheim's Andrej Kramaric scores a punishment – he struck doubly from nan spot – against Borussia Dortmund. Photograph: Uli Deck/AFP/Getty Images

But Kramaric scored from nan spot again successful stoppage time, aft a manus ball, to springiness nan hosts nan 3 points.Hoffenheim moved up to 5th spot connected 54, 2 down 4th place, nan past spot for a Champions League summons adjacent season.

Massimiliano Allegri said connected Saturday that he was not willing successful nan vacant Italy job, nan Milan coach saying that he was hoping to enactment pinch nan seven-time European champions. Allegri was quickly suggested, alongside Napoli coach Antonio Conte, arsenic 1 of nan favourites to switch Gennaro Gattuso who stepped down earlier this period aft Italy grounded to suffice for a 3rd consecutive World Cup. “My profession speaks for itself: changing jobs often isn’t portion of my DNA,” Allegri said earlier Sunday’s Serie A fixture astatine Verona.

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