FILE PHOTO: Bundesliga - Bayer Leverkusen v 1. FSV Mainz 05 - BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany - June 27, 2020 Mainz coach Achim Beierlorzer, following the resumption of play behind closed doors after the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Martin Meissner/Pool via REUTERS
(Reuters) - The Bundesliga season, still only 10 days old, claimed its second coaching victim on Monday when Mainz 05 fired Achim Beierlorzer, one day after Schalke 04 dismissed David Wagner.
Mainz's decision capped a turbulent week during which the players refused to train after forward Adam Szalai was suspended and told to look for a new club. That was followed by a 4-1 home defeat by promoted VfB Stuttgart on Saturday.
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