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Eintracht Frankfurt coach Thomas Schaaf steps down

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Frankfurt: Thomas Schaaf on Tuesday resigned as the head coach of the German football club Eintracht Frankfurt.

The 54-year-old coach stepped down surprisingly with immediate effect after just one season with the “Eagles”. According to German media Thomas Schaaf leaves Frankfurt due to continual criticism by the clubs bosses, reports Xinhua.

“The recent public statements and the presentation of my work and and led to incredible and incomprehensible accusations and assumptions in the media, which I can’t and won’t accept. Therefore we agreed to part company,” Thomas Schaaf said in an official statement.

The former long-time Werder Bremen coach took over from Armin Veh in July 2014 and singed a two-year deal with Frankfurt. Nevertheless, after just one season Schaaf asked the club for the dissolution of his contract.

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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia

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The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.

Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.

Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”

Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.

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