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Struggling Cordoba sack coach Djukic

Xinhua, March 17, 2015 Adjust font size:

Spanish BBVA Primera Liga club, Cordoba sacked coach Miroslav Djukic on Monday in the wake of his side's 2-0 defeat to Malaga at the weekend.

That defeat was Cordoba's eighth in a row and left the club rooted to the bottom of the Primera Liga with just 18 points from 27 games, seven points from safety with just 11 matches left to play.

Djukic, who has previously coached Valladolid and Valencia, took over at the club on October 20, after Albert Ferrer, the coach who led Cordoba to promotion last season, had been unable to oversee a single win in the opening eight games of the campaign. Coincidentally Ferrer was also sacked after losing to Malaga (2-1 at home).

Djukic's term began well, as his side beat Granada and Rayo Vallecano and also won away to Athletic Club Bilbao. But after a home draw against Eibar in early January, they have failed to take another point.

The club posted a communique on its website thanking Djukic for his work and explaining that B-team coach Jose Antonio Romero will take over the running of the first team on a temporary basis.

Romero will presumably be in charge for Cordoba's next game which is a difficult trip to face Real Sociedad next Sunday. Endite