Real Shock: Camacho Reportedly Quits
9/19/2004 10:53:00 PM
Real Madrid coach Jose Antonio Camacho has resigned after the club's poor start to the season, according to reports in Spain.
Cadena Ser radio has announced that Camacho told Real president Florentino Perez he was quitting the Bernabeu hot-seat and was unlikely to reconsider his decision.
After Wednesday’s Champions League calamity – a 3-0 defeat by Bayer Leverkusen – Real lost 1-0 at Espanyol on Saturday.
Camacho, 49, has only been in the post since taking over from Carlos Queiroz in May, and was reportedly unhappy with some of club's purchase of Michael Owen, having identified strengthening of the midfield as a more urgent priority.
Queiroz was sacked after Real only made it to quarter-finals of the Champions League and finished fourth in La Liga in a poor second half to last season that saw them suffer a club record run of consecutive defeats.
As a player, Camacho was a mainstay of the Real side between 1973 and 1989, making more than 400 appearances and winning nine Spanish league titles, three Spanish Cups and two Uefa Cups, as well as 81 caps for Spain.
In may he took over as Real coach for the second time in his managerial career. His first spell lasted just three weeks in the summer of 1998 before a disagreement with former president Lorenzo Sanz persuaded him to resign.
Camacho then went on to coach the Spanish national side for four years, returning to the Bernabeu this year after a short time in Portugal with Benfica.
Cool eh???
9/19/2004 10:53:00 PM
Real Madrid coach Jose Antonio Camacho has resigned after the club's poor start to the season, according to reports in Spain.
Cadena Ser radio has announced that Camacho told Real president Florentino Perez he was quitting the Bernabeu hot-seat and was unlikely to reconsider his decision.
After Wednesday’s Champions League calamity – a 3-0 defeat by Bayer Leverkusen – Real lost 1-0 at Espanyol on Saturday.
Camacho, 49, has only been in the post since taking over from Carlos Queiroz in May, and was reportedly unhappy with some of club's purchase of Michael Owen, having identified strengthening of the midfield as a more urgent priority.
Queiroz was sacked after Real only made it to quarter-finals of the Champions League and finished fourth in La Liga in a poor second half to last season that saw them suffer a club record run of consecutive defeats.
As a player, Camacho was a mainstay of the Real side between 1973 and 1989, making more than 400 appearances and winning nine Spanish league titles, three Spanish Cups and two Uefa Cups, as well as 81 caps for Spain.
In may he took over as Real coach for the second time in his managerial career. His first spell lasted just three weeks in the summer of 1998 before a disagreement with former president Lorenzo Sanz persuaded him to resign.
Camacho then went on to coach the Spanish national side for four years, returning to the Bernabeu this year after a short time in Portugal with Benfica.
Cool eh???
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