LEIPZIG, Germany (AP) — Leipzig has hired former Argentina defender Martín Demichelis as coach to succeed Ole Werner, whom the club surprisingly fired last week.
The 45-year-old Demichelis signed a contract through June 2028, Leipzig said on Monday.
Demichelis was previously in charge of Mallorca, which was relegated from La Liga last season.
“Martín combines a clear footballing philosophy with intensity and outstanding expertise,” Leipzig sporting director Marcel Schäfer said. “We are convinced that he will bring fresh impetus to the team and play a key role in the club’s continued success and development.”
Werner led Leipzig to third place in the Bundesliga in his first season, clinching Champions League qualification, but he was fired along with his assistant coaches on Wednesday.
Red Bull head of soccer Jürgen Klopp and Leipzig supervisory board chairman Oliver Mintzlaff felt a change was needed.
Demichelis began his coaching career as an assistant at Malaga while he also worked with several Bayern youth teams. He took his first senior managerial role at boyhood club River Plate in 2022 and led it to an Argentine league and cup double in his debut season. He took charge of Mexican side Monterrey in 2024, and Mallorca in February this year.
“That is exactly the kind of challenge I was looking for,” Demichelis said of his new job at Leipzig. “I have enormous respect for the work that has been done here. I want to build on those foundations and take the next steps together with the team. I want to create a side that plays bold, intense and exciting football, takes responsibility on the pitch and inspires the people of Leipzig with its passion.”
Demichelis played 51 games for Argentina including the 2014 World Cup final against Germany. He won four Bundesliga and four German Cup titles with Bayern before leaving in January 2011 for Malaga, where he played for 2 ½ seasons. He spent three seasons at Manchester City before returning to Spain at Espanyol and Malaga, where he retired aged 36.
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FILE - Mallorca's head coach Martín Demichelis watches during a La Liga soccer match between Mallorca and Real Madrid in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, April 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Breton, File)
MIAMI (AP) — Brandon Nimmo had three hits and walked once, Alejandro Osuna hit a go-ahead RBI double and the Texas Rangers beat the Miami Marlins 4-3 on Monday night.
Ezequiel Duran homered and Joc Pederson singled twice for the Rangers in the opener of a 10-game road trip.
The loss snapped the Marlins’ eight-game home win streak.
For the second time in two weeks, the Tartan Army made its presence felt at a major league game that featured the Rangers. Scotland fans are in Miami for the national team’s World Cup match against Brazil on Wednesday and many attended Monday’s series opener bumping the attendance to 20,008. The lively atmosphere in the stands, including the popular chant, “No Scotland, No Party,” resembled the Rangers-Red Sox game at Fenway Park on June 14.
Nimmo doubled against Marlins reliever Calvin Faucher (4-4) to lead off the eighth and Jake Burger followed with a walk. Osuna then hit a one-out line drive to right that scored Nimmo and snapped a 2-all tie. Burger advanced to third and raced home scored on Elias Diaz’s sacrifice fly.
Robby Ahlstrom (2-0) pitched a perfect seventh for the win.
The Marlins got to within 4-3 on Kyle Stowers’ run-scoring double against Jacob Latz in the eighth. Latz retired Jakob Marsee on a groundout with the bases loaded to end the eighth then pitched the ninth for his 14th save.
Duran put Texas on the board with a two-run blast against Miami starter Tyler Phillips in the fourth before Miami narrowed it to 2-1 on Javier Sanoja’s sacrifice fly in the fifth.
Xavier Edwards hit a tying RBI triple in the sixth. He tried to stretch the triple into an inside the park home run but was thrown out at the plate by shortstop Duran’s relay throw from short left field.
Phillips allowed two runs and five hits over six innings.
The series opener also featured the return of former Marlins manager Skip Schumaker. Now managing the Rangers, Schumaker guided the Marlins for two years before resigning following the 2024 season. In Schumaker’s first season, the Marlins clinched a post season berth and were eliminated by Philadelphia in the NL Wild Card round.
The Rangers have not announced a starter for Tuesday while RHP Sandy Alcantara (7-4, 4.18 ERA) will start for the Marlins.
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Texas Rangers relief pitcher Kumar Rocker throws out Miami Marlins' Griffin Conine at first during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Monday, June 22, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Miami Marlins' Xavier Edwards is out at the plate after hitting a triple to score Otto Lopez during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers, Monday, June 22, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Texas Rangers catcher Elias Díaz (35) shakes hands with pitcher Jacob Latz, right, after the Rangers defeated the Miami Marlins in a baseball game, Monday, June 22, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Texas Rangers' Jake Burger scores on a sacrifice fly hit by Elias Díaz during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Monday, June 22, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
