Augsburg assistant coach Lars Knudsen is taking temporary charge of the Danish national team for Nations League games against Switzerland and Serbia next month. (More Sports News)
The Danish Football Union made the ⛦announcement Monday, saying interim coach Morten Wieghorst, a former Denmark international, was on sick leave with "minor stress symptoms."
Wieghorst was named interim coach until next year after Kasper Hjulmand stepped down after the European Championship, where Denmark drew its three group games before losing to Germany in the round of 1🗹6.
The 47-year-old༺ Knudsen, a former set piece coach for the United Stat꧋es men's national team, joined Augsburg in January.
Denmark hosts Switzerland on September 5 and Serbi♔a three days later in Copen𝄹hagen.
Denmark director of football Peter Moller said it was a "special situation" and called the🍬 timing "unfo൩rtunate."
