{"id":16972,"date":"2025-12-10T20:19:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T20:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/10\/leverkusen-coach-yurmand-suddenly-misses-match-against-newcastle-due-to-personal-reasons\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T20:19:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T20:19:55","slug":"leverkusen-coach-yurmand-suddenly-misses-match-against-newcastle-due-to-personal-reasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/10\/leverkusen-coach-yurmand-suddenly-misses-match-against-newcastle-due-to-personal-reasons\/","title":{"rendered":"Leverkusen coach Yurmand suddenly misses match against Newcastle due to personal reasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>LEVERKUSEN, Germany (AP) &#8211; Bayer Leverkusen will face Newcastle in the Champions League after manager Kasper Hjurmand announced shortly before kick-off that he would be absent from the game due to personal reasons. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Due to personal reasons, our head coach Kasper Hjurmand will be absent,&#8221; Leverkusen wrote in a post on X an hour before the match. He added that assistant Roger Meyer will take his place.<\/p>\n<p>Leverkusen announced that Yurmand is expected to return for Saturday&#8217;s Bundesliga game against local rivals Cologne.<\/p>\n<p>The former Denmark national team manager has overseen a turnaround in Leverkusen&#8217;s fortunes since taking over. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">appointed<\/span> Suddenly, in September, the relationship between the club and Erik ten Hag broke down after just three games.<\/p>\n<p>Yurmand has won 11 of his 18 games in all competitions, including a remarkable 2-0 surprise win against Manchester City last month.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP Soccer: <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/soccer<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/bayer-leverkusen-kasper-hjulmand-ce0c1effd719dd2b024a9edff29596ee\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LEVERKUSEN, Germany (AP) &#8211; Bayer Leverkusen will face Newcastle in the Champions League after manager Kasper Hjurmand announced shortly before kick-off that he would be absent from the game due to personal reasons. &#8220;Due to personal reasons, our head coach Kasper Hjurmand will be absent,&#8221; 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