{"id":19767,"date":"2011-12-22T21:00:04","date_gmt":"2011-12-22T21:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/atletico-madrid-fire-coach-after-miserable-run\/"},"modified":"2011-12-22T21:00:04","modified_gmt":"2011-12-22T21:00:04","slug":"atletico-madrid-fire-coach-after-miserable-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/22\/atletico-madrid-fire-coach-after-miserable-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Atletico Madrid fire coach after miserable run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mtnfootball.com\/content\/photo_1324577079167-1-0_280x188.jpg\" width=\"270\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span>Atletico Madrid have fired coach Gregorio Manzano<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Atletico Madrid fired coach Gregorio Manzano on Thursday after a miserable run capped off by their elimination from the King&#8217;s Cup.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The executive committee of Atletico Madrid, meeting this Thursday to analyse the sporting situation, unanimously decided to dismiss Gregorio Manzano as coach of the first team,&#8221; the team said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This decision has been relayed to the coach, with whom an agreement has been reached to end his contract,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p>Manzano had apologised to fans after Atletico lost 0-1 at home to second division Albacete on Wednesday, ushering them ignominiously out of the King&#8217;s Cup, describing it as a &#8220;real failure&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We deserved all the whistles and all the reprovals of our fans,&#8221; he told a news conference.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There have to be people responsible and professionals. When things don&#8217;t go well, undoubtedly you have to accept the criticism and I am the first to accept it,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I personally apologise because the truth is that our fans have been supporting the team even in adversity until they could see we were powerless to get back on the scoreboard.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Atletico, who lie 10th in the first division, said they thanked Manzano, who was hired in June for one season. A former Seville coach, Manzano had also previously coached Atletico before his return.<\/p>\n<p>Former Argentine player Diego Simeone, who played for Atletico Madrid in the past, is widely seen as a favourite for the coaching job.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a92011 AFP<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Atletico Madrid have fired coach Gregorio Manzano Atletico Madrid fired coach Gregorio Manzano on Thursday after a miserable run capped off by their elimination from the King&#8217;s Cup. &#8220;The executive committee of Atletico Madrid, meeting this Thursday to analyse the sporting situation, unanimously decided to dismiss Gregorio Manzano as coach of the first team,&#8221; the team said in a statement. &#8220;This decision has been relayed to the coach, with whom an agreement has been reached to end his contract,&#8221; it said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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