"In football, there are wonderful and also not so wonderful situations. We held talks with head coach Armin Veh yesterday evening and came to the conclusion that we are in need of change. Armin Veh and Alfons Higl have been relieved of their respective posts. It was a very difficult decision for us to make because we are very thankful for what they achieved here over the past three years," said VfB president Erwin Staudt on Sunday morning.

The separation from Armin Veh and Alfons Higl is not the only consequence to be derived from Saturday's 4-1 defeat in Wolfsburg.

Babbel and Widmayer to take over

"I spoke with the team today too and made every individual very aware that he must call up his full potential. The dismissal of Armin Veh should not be seen as an alibi for the players. I expect everyone to be fully concentrated on the task at hand. This should really shake the team into action and hopefully we will use that in our approach to the up-coming tasks," commented Staudt.

On Sunday morning, Markus Babbel took charge of the VfB team training session: "Markus will take over in the position of team boss, Rainer Widmayer will operate as trainer," explained Erwin Staudt on the decision to install the former German international and ex-reserve team co-trainer. The president concluded by saying: "We hope that together, they can guide VfB back onto the road to success."