From Real Madrid to relegation scrap: Union Berlin fires another coach as season unravels

BERLIN — Union Berlin has fired Nenad Bjelica as coach and re-appointed Marco Grote in an interim capacity in a bid to save the team from Bundesliga relegation. Grote is interim coach for the second time this season after taking over from long-time favorite Urs Fischer in November. The 51-year-old Grote will again be assisted by Marie-Louise Eta and Sebastian Bönig for the final two games of the season. Union travels to Cologne on Saturday, a must-win game for the host to avoid being the second team relegated after last-placed Darmstadt. Union then plays Freiburg on the final day.

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