A sixty-year-old for the sixties

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The Italian really didn’t need time to calm down with a break. As soon as he was fired from CS Sfaxien, he started looking for a new employer. “I was only in Tunisia for two months, so there was no reason for a break,” says the man, who is brooding over what could be the 16th club in his long coaching career. He found what he was looking for in 1860 Munich. After the fall from first to eighth place and the dismissal of Michael Köllner, urgent action was needed.

By applying in Munich yourself

So why not get active yourself? He presented his candidacy in the Bavarian metropolis through an acquaintance – and was promptly invited for an interview with Sport General Manager Günther Gorenzel. In this, the Zug resident was completely convincing. “He was probably impressed by my professional competence and how well I knew the club and the third division,” says Jacobacci.

And yet: it’s the 3rd competition! For someone who recently coached Sion and Lugano and one of the biggest Tunisian clubs? “Stop,” Jacobacci immediately protests. “That could well be third division. But first there are also Duisburg, Dynamo Dresden, Waldhof Mannheim, Rot-Weiss Essen, Saarbrücken – all former Bundesliga clubs. And secondly, 1860 is not just any club, not your average club. It’s a cult club!” Cult – and chaos too. That’s how Jordanian investor Hasan Ismaik heard via Twitter about Köllner’s dismissal…

The tabloid press is omnipresent in Munich

Sect. Understood. And agree. And so the former class striker and master at Xamax now has the difficult task of bringing about the turnaround here. The debut fails. In front of 15,000 fans, the (full) stadium on Grünwalder Strasse played a 0-1 draw against Viktoria Köln. “They shot on target once,” Jacobacci growls. That should be different on Saturday at MSV Duisburg. The old hand knows that very well. Especially since in Munich the boulevard pedantically watches over the behavior of the lions. “Despite being a third-rate club, the club has a huge media presence,” said Jacobacci.

In any case, the closed season is already over, writes the “Abendzeitung”. I’m sorry, what? After just one game? Well, it’s about the end of the season for the players. “I got an idea in the first few days. That’s done,” says Jacobacci. Now he will apply the acquired knowledge. In marching routes. And preferably in points. That would help everyone. Then Jabobacci’s wish could come true: no longer be the “perfect” six-man coach. Because he will be 61 in January 2024.

Source : Blick