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Fluminense sack coach Enderson

Xinhua, September 17, 2015 Adjust font size:

Four-time Brazilian Serie A champions Fluminense have sacked coach Enderson Moreira after the team's 4-1 home loss to Palmeiras on Wednesday. 8 The result left the Rio de Janeiro outfit languishing in the bottom half of the table with 34 points from 26 matches.

"It was our decision, not Enderson's," Fluminense president Peter Siemsen told reporters after the match at the Maracana stadium.

"We are already looking for a new coach. We are going to work hard to try to resolve the matter tomorrow."

Enderson led the team to 18 wins, six draws and 14 defeats during his time in charge of Fluminense. He is the third manager to be dismissed by the club this season after Cristovao Borges and Ricardo Drubscky. Endi