{"id":64262,"date":"2026-04-19T21:36:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T21:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/64262\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T21:36:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T21:36:41","slug":"historic-debut-marred-by-defeat-for-bundesligas-first-female-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/64262\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Debut Marred by Defeat for Bundesliga&#8217;s First Female Head Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>In a groundbreaking moment for the Bundesliga, Marie-Louise Eta&#8217;s first match as the league&#8217;s first female head coach didn&#8217;t go as planned. Union Berlin fell 2-1 to VfL Wolfsburg at home, marking a disappointing debut for Eta on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>Appointed as interim manager after Steffen Baumgart&#8217;s departure, Eta has faced social media backlash since taking the helm. Despite the negativity online, she is set to lead the men&#8217;s team until the end of the season before transitioning to the women&#8217;s side.<\/p>\n<p>On the field, Patrick Wimmer scored early for Wolfsburg, with Dzenan Pejcinovic extending their lead. Union&#8217;s Oliver Burke pulled one back late in the game, but it wasn&#8217;t enough to secure a draw for the hosts.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>(With inputs from agencies.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; In a groundbreaking moment for the Bundesliga, Marie-Louise Eta&#8217;s first match as the league&#8217;s first female head&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64263,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[99],"tags":[112,2355,35255,35256,190,32805,2184,34347,35257,20698,2353,25761],"class_list":["post-64262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-berlin","tag-berlin","tag-bundesliga","tag-debut","tag-female-head-coach","tag-germany","tag-marie-louise-eta","tag-oliver-burke","tag-patrick-wimmer","tag-social-media-controversy","tag-steffen-baumgart","tag-union-berlin","tag-vfl-wolfsburg"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116433530747535160","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}