Tragic

Christoph Daum: Bad luck is getting caught. Stupidity is incriminating yourself. "The sniffling Daum" — that's how Bayern power broker Uli Hoeneß set the ball rolling in October 2000. The suggestion that the Bayer coach had a cocaine habit destroyed Daum's dream of becoming German national team manager — and ended his Leverkusen career in the most spectacular public downfall German football had seen.

Sascha Lewandowski: In June 2016, former Leverkusen Bundesliga coach Sascha Lewandowski took his own life. According to research by the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ), the 44-year-old was under investigation for abuse of a twelve-year-old boy. A tragic end that cast a dark shadow over his coaching legacy.

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