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| Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone says he's pleased with his team's effort in his coaching debut that ended in a scoreless draw at Malaga on Saturday. The former Atletico midfielder said "we have been working together seven days and (yet) we played the game we wanted to play." Simeone, who took over from the fired Gregorio Manzano, had previously said he wanted a more... |
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| Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone says forward Jose Antonio Reyes wants to leave the club. The 28-year-old former Arsenal player has been earmarked for a move since falling out with previous coach Gregorio Manzano. Manzano was fired and replaced by Simeone in December following a string of bad results, including a humiliating Copa del Rey exit against third-tier club Albacete. |
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| Atletico Madrid has hired former Argentina midfielder Diego Simeone as its new coach to replace the fired Gregorio Manzano. Atletico said Friday that Simeone has agreed to a contract until the end of the 2012-13 season. "The Argentine coach accepted the club's offer on Thursday to take over for the rest of the season and the next," Atletico said in a statement. |
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| Atletico Madrid has fired coach Gregorio Manzano following the club's embarrassing exit from the Copa del Rey. The club's executive board reached a unanimous decision Thursday a day after the team's 3-1 total-goals loss to third-tier Albacete. Manzano had been coaching the team less than six months. |
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| Despite leading the Rojiblancos into the last 32 of the Europa League, the 55-year-old has paid the price for the club's poor Liga form and shock Copa del Rey exit. |
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| * Coach sacked after Cup exit to third-tier Albacete
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| Atletico Madrid fired Gregorio Manzano on Thursday following its embarrassing exit from the Copa del Rey and reportedly offered the job to former Argentina midfielder Diego Simeone. Atletico lost 1-0 to third-tier Albacete at its Vicente Calderon stadium on Wednesday to exit the domestic cup competition 3-1 on aggregate. |
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| * Madrid club eliminated by third-tier Albacete
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| Atletico Madrid has fired coach Gregorio Manzano following the club's embarrassing exit from the Copa del Rey on Wednesday. The 3-1 aggregate loss to third-tier Albacete proved to be the final straw for the club's executive board, which reached a unanimous decision on Thursday to end Manzano's reign after less than six months. |
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| Atletico Madrid sacked
coach Gregorio Manzano on Thursday following their midweek
King's Cup elimination at the hands of third-tier Albacete, the
La Liga club said in a statement.
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