Last Over the years, Zurich has often relied on coaches who have gone from junior to professional. Or who used to work in Swiss football.
Directly from Only three came abroad during Ancillo Canepa’s presidency – with the greatest possible success: Andre Breitenreiter became champion, while relegation coach Sami Hyypä and Breitenreiter’s successor Franco Foda were a colossal misunderstanding.
two Germans, Scandinavian. Now Zurich is venturing into its next Scandinavian experiment. Featuring mega-motivator Bo Henriksen (47), FCZ takes all the risk. The Dane does not know Swiss football. The Super League rookie has never coached outside of his country.
In addition, should Henriksen works immediately. He takes on the fallen master in the middle of the English weeks. he has no time. The new man will have to dispel the total uncertainty of the players in a few training sessions that will remain in the next few weeks, in addition to trips to European competitions and an extremely tight program with nine games in five weeks.
with Eindhoven, YB, Basel and GC (with southbound blocked) could hardly be more difficult for Henriksen. There is a risk of a false start. And with it comes the risk that the FCZ will continue to experience the same suffering in a few weeks from now.