Two days after a 9-2 beating by Bayern Munich in the Champions League Dinamo Zagreb has fired coach Sergej Jakirović.

If a team endures a terrible run of form, then sacking the coach is a viable option if that club wants to turn their fortunes around. In the case of Dinamo Zagreb coach Sergej Jakirović, that was his fate as he was given the sack by his club after a crushing 9-2 defeat to Bayern Munich on the first day of the Champions League: This is not the first time that Bayern handed out a defeat to another team which culminated in sacking their coach.

Dinamo Zagreb have sacked head coach Sergej Jakirovic two days after the club lost 9-2 against Bayern Munich in the Champions League. The defeat in Germany was the club’s heaviest ever loss, and the first time that one side had conceded nine goals in the history of the competition.

The record 9-2 hammering by Bayern Munich in Tuesday's Champions League opener has led to Dinamo Zagreb parting ways with coach Sergej Jakirovic. A statement on Thursday said the decision was amicable.

When Dinamo scored twice right after halftime, it looked like Bayern Munich were back square one. Instead, the team rallied and came back to utterly obliterate their opponents with the sort of brutal prejudice we haven’t seen since the Flick era.

Bayern Munich got off to a flying start in the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League season after they dismantled a meek Dinamo Zagreb side 9-2. As such, the German giants sit at the summit of the revamped UCL table,

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