Football Soccer - HSV Hamburg v FC Bayern Munich - German Bundesliga - Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, Germany - 24/09/16 Hamburg's coach Bruno Labbadia during the match. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer
BERLIN (Reuters) - Struggling VfL Wolfsburg named Bruno Labbadia as their third coach of the season on Tuesday in the hope that the 52-year-old can pull off an escape act similar to the one he performed with Hamburg SV three years ago.
Labbadia, appointed three days before the Wolves face Mainz 05 in a crunch match in the battle to avoid relegation, replaced Martin Schmidt who resigned on Monday five months after stepping in for Andries Jonker.
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