World Soccer - UK (2019-11)

“They lack speed, power and tactical awareness.

When you compare someone like [Achraf] Hakimi

to these players, it’s like watching two different

EUROPE

GEORGI DERMENDZHIEV, who won

three successive Bulgarian league titles

as coach of Ludogorets, replaced

Krassimir Balakov in charge of the

country’s national team.

PABLO MACHIN took over from

David Gallego as coach of La Liga

strugglers Espanyol.

FRANC ARTIGA replaced Victor

Valdes as boss of Barcelona’s under-

team after the three-time Champions

League winner reportedly clashed

with former striker Patrick Kluivert,

who is in charge of the club’s La

Masia youth academy.

Former Marseille coach RUDI

GARCIA took over from Sylvinho in

charge of Lyon, while Saint-Etienne

sacked Ghislain Printant and replaced

him with the former Southampton

and Leicester City boss, CLAUDE

PUEL. Toulouse parted company

with Alain Casanova and appointed

ANTOINE KOMBOUARE.

Struggling Milan turn to Pioli

Ex-Internazionale coach STEFANO

PIOLI replaced Marco Giampaolo,

who became Milan’s shortest-serving

coach when he departed after seven

games of the Serie A campaign. Pioli

is Milan’s ninth full-time boss since

they last won the Italian title, in 2011.

CLAUDIO RANIERI took over from

Eusebio Di Francesco with Sampdoria

bottom of Serie A.

THIAGO MOTTA replaced Aurelio

Andreazzoli at Genoa.

New Morocco coach Vadid Halilhodzic reflects on the poor quality of his local-based players

Replaced by PEDRO RIBEIRO after

being sacked by Belenenses SAD,

SILAS was appointed coach of Lisbon

side Sporting.

Former Anderlecht boss FRANK

VERCAUTEREN returned to the Belgian

club to assist player-coach Vincent

Kompany following the departure of

technical director Frank Arnesen.

Former England left-back ASHLEY

COLE returned to former club Chelsea

and joined their academy coaching staff.

Sacked by Krasnodar after he was

jailed for attacking a trade-ministry

official and another man in October

2018, Russia midfielder PAVEL MAMAEV

signed a two-year contract with Rostov

following his early release from prison.

Freiburg president FRITZ KELLER

was elected president of the German

Football Association.

DAVID PEMSEL will start work as the

Premier League’s new chief executive “no

later than April 2020”

SOUTH AMERICA

VAGNER MANCINI replaced Rodrigo

Santana as coach of Brazilian Serie A

strugglers Atletico Mineiro until the end

of the season.

CONCACAF

ANTONIO MOHAMED returned to

Monterrey for a second spell as coach

and will lead the Mexican side at

December’s Club World Cup in Qatar.

Costa Rica appointed RONALD

GONZALEZ as national coach.

AFRICA

FRANCOIS ZAHOUI, who led Ivory

Coast to the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations

Final, was appointed coach of Central

African Republic after leaving Niger.

Uganda appointed Northern Irishman

JOHNNY McKINSTRY as coach.

ASIA

ANTOINE HEY returned for a second

spell as coach of Myanmar, replacing

Miodrag Radulovic.

Brazilian coach EDSON TAVARES

took charge of last season’s Indonesian

champions, Persija Jakarta.

Former Tottenham Hotspur and

Zamalek boss CHRISTIAN GROSS

returned for a third spell as coach

of Saudi side Al Ahli.

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE

THE WORLD THIS MONTH

Replacement...

Pablo Machin

Change...Stefano Pioli

Short term...

Vagner Mancini