Madrid set to sack Coach Lopetegui: Reports

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Real Madrid Coach Julen Lopetegui: may be sacked today

Spanish media reported that Real directors are set to meet later on Monday, when Lopetegui’s sacking could be confirmed. 

Conte is the favourite to succeed him but Santiago Solari, the coach of the club’s B team, Castilla, is in line to take temporary charge. 

In his two seasons with Castilla, Solari has overseen them finishing 11th and eighth in the Spanish third tier.

Madrid were thrashed 5-1 by rivals Barcelona on Sunday as Luis Suarez scored a hat-trick, surely sealing Lopetegui’s fate.

 He was named coach only 139 days ago, with his decision to accept the post costing him the chance to lead Spain at the World Cup. But Madrid’s dreadful recent run showed no sign of abating at the Camp Nou. 

They have now managed one win in their last seven matches, sit ninth in La Liga and earlier this month went more than eight hours without a goal. 

Sports daily AS called the defeat a “lethal rout” on its front page on Monday, and it is a far cry from Sergio Ramos hoisting a third consecutive Champions League trophy in May. 

After Sunday’s game, Ramos pointedly stated that managing the dressing room at Real is more important than technical knowledge. 

Some now believe, perhaps club president Florentino Perez included, that the team needs a firmer hand.

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