Sports / Soccer
Real Madrid sack title-winning coach Capello
(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-06-29 09:02
MADRID, June 28 - Real Madrid sacked coach Fabio Capello on Thursday, 11
days after he led them to their first Primera Liga title in four years.
Fabio Capello
The 61-year-old Italian, who also won the league title with Real in the
1996-97 season during his first spell at the club, had two years left to
run on his contract which Spanish media reported was worth 9.0 million
euros ($12.10 million).
"We have taken the decision not to continue with Fabio Capello next
season," said Real Madrid sporting director Predrag Mijatovic.
"It was a difficult decision, but it was a unanimous one based on an
exhaustive report I made to the board.
"We don't think Fabio Capello is the right person to lead Real Madrid
into the future given what we want this club to achieve.
"We have evaluated all he did as coach. He worked under enormous pressure
and achieved an important result in winning the title.
"But we have to have a little more than Fabio Capello gave us this year.
We always have to look for people who can give us more than just results.
"Because of the history of our club we have to offer more than that. We
need to play a different football to last season. We need something more
so our fans can enjoy our football again.
"Now we have time to think over who will be the next coach of the club.
We would like a young coach who will be the future of this club."
Capello becomes the second successive coach to win the title with Madrid
-- and then be sacked as a reward. Vicente del Bosque was sacked a day
after winning the title in 2003 -- their last championship until they won
it again last week. Now the same fate has befallen Capello.
Getafe's German coach Bernd Schuster, a former player with both Barcelona
and Real, is the favourite to replace Capello at the Bernabeu, but
Mijatovic made it clear that the club would not announce the name of the
new coach until he had freed himself from his contract with his present
club.
Capello was brought in by newly-elected club president Ramon Calderon
last July and charged with the task of reining in the players, clearing
out the dead wood and getting the club back to winning ways.
ITALIAN DELIVERY
The Italian, who has won a league title with every club he has managed,
delivered in all areas.
He restored team discipline, and ended the club's worst run of form in
over 50 years by leading them to the league title.
But although the team got back on the trophy trail, they did not play
with the sort of open, attacking style demanded by the club and its fans.
The local media subjected Capello to a constant barrage of criticism for
what they saw as conservative tactics, while fans called for his
resignation after the team exited the Champions League and the King's Cup
earlier in the season.
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