MADRID: Malaga has fired coach Michel Gonzalez after the team’s fourth straight loss in the Spanish league.
The club made the announcement on Saturday, a day after a 1-0 defeat at Getafe that kept Malaga second-to-last in the 20-team standings.
Malaga has lost every game since a 2-0 win at Real Sociedad early in December.
It has 11 points from 19 league matches.
Gonzalez had been in charge since last season, when he helped the club from southern Spain move away from the bottom of the standings and finish near midtable.
Malaga said that “since the beginning of the season the team wasn’t able to put together a series of good results to be able to leave the relegation zone so a shakeup was needed to help the team react.”
A replacement coach was not immediately announced.
Malaga’s next match is at Eibar on Jan. 22.
Spanish club Malaga fires Gonzalez after 4th straight loss
Spanish club Malaga fires Gonzalez after 4th straight loss
Palestinian refugees’ football pitch saved after UEFA president intervenes
DUBAI: A football pitch used by Palestinian refugees in the West Bank was saved from demolition after Aleksander Ceferin, the president of European football’s governing body UEFA, stepped in.
The Aida refugee camp, located outside Bethlehem, was due to be demolished. Israeli media said the decision was made by the Central Command due to security reasons based on its location.
However, The Guardian reported that Israel Defense Forces said the pitch was built unlawfully.
Now, however, it seems the pitch has been saved. A statement from UEFA said: “We can confirm that the UEFA president has been in contact with the Israel Football Federation regarding the preservation of a football pitch in a refugee camp in the West Bank.”
The IFA was facing scrutiny from international football organizations and was allegedly on the verge of being banned from taking part in UEFA competitions.
