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Saudi Arabia coach Anjos sacked
Regional heavyweights Saudi Arabia have sacked Brazilian coach Helios dos Anjos, despite his team being on the verge of reaching the next round of World Cup qualifiers.
- Reuters
- Published: 23:36 June 9, 2008
Bangkok: Regional heavyweights Saudi Arabia have sacked Brazilian coach Helios dos Anjos, despite his team being on the verge of reaching the next round of World Cup qualifiers.
Dos Anjos was originally told he would be axed if he failed to steer the Saudis to the 2010 World Cup, but failed to live up to the expectations of Saudi Prince Sultan Bin Fahad, the country's soccer federation president, who was unimpressed by their 2-1 win over Lebanon on Saturday.
"The decision was made after Saturday's match that he [Dos Anjos] will no longer be in charge," a Saudi soccer federation official said on Monday.
The Brazilian became the third managerial casualty in five days in the region.
Oman sacked their fourth coach in just over two years when they ditched Uruguayan Julio Cesar Ribas last Wednesday, while Croatian Radion Gacanin was deemed "unsatisfactory" and shown the door by Kuwait the same day.
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