RB Leipzig fire head coach Tedesco after home loss against Shakhtar Donetsk

Shakhtar Donetsk beat RB Leipzig 4-1 in Champions League Group F on Tuesday

By Can Erozden

ANKARA (AA) - RB Leipzig on Wednesday sacked their Italian head coach Domenico Tedesco after the German team were handed a shocking home loss in the UEFA Champions League.

"RB Leipzig have parted company with Domenico Tedesco with immediate effect. Assistant coaches Andreas Hinkeland Max Urwantschky have also left the club," the German Bundesliga club said on Twitter.

The club is now looking for a new head coach.

On Tuesday night, Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk beat RB Leipzig 4-1 in Champions League Group F match in Leipzig that caused the dismissal of Tedesco and his assistants.

Tedesco, 36, was hired by RB Leipzig last December, and he led them to win the German Cup, their first major trophy.

Tedesco has also coached Germany's Schalke 04, and Russian club Spartak Moscow.

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