2019-04-01 World Soccer

“These aren’t children, they are grown men and must give their all.

There are no more excuses...if they were signed by Roma and earn

what they earn, then they have to prove they are worthy of Roma”

EUROPE

ZINEDINE ZIDANE returned as coach

of Real Madrid, replacing Santiago Solari

(see p28), while FRAN ESCRIBA took

over from Miguel Cardoso at Celta Vigo.

Former Liverpool and Swansea City

manager BRENDAN RODGERS returned

to the Premier League with Leicester City,

replacing Claude Puel. His post at Celtic

was filled by NEIL LENNON, who took

charge of the Scottish Premiership

leaders for a second time.

SENOL GUNES will take over as coach

of Turkey for a second time, as of June 1.

Portuguese coach PAULO SOUSA

replaced Ricardo Gomes at Ligue 1

side Bordeaux.

JAAP STAM will leave PEC Zwolle at

the end of the current Eredivisie season

and replace Giovanni Van Bronckhorst as

coach of Feyenoord.

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE

Roma return for Ranieri

Sacked after just 106 days as manager of Premier League

strugglers Fulham, CLAUDIO RANIERI took charge of

Roma until the end of the season after they dismissed

Eusebio Di Francesco following their Champions League

exit to Porto. As part of the clear-out, Roma’s sporting

director Monchi also left the club.

Ranieri, who was previously in charge of Roma from

2009 to 2011, agreed a short-term contract until the end

of the season.

Claudio Ranieri lays down the law after returning to coach I Giallorossi

ASIA

Spaniard JUAN CARLOS GARRIDO,

who led Raja Casablanca to victory in

the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup, was

appointed coach of UAE’s Al Ain.

ERWIN KOEMAN succeeded Dutch

compatriot Pim Verbeek as coach of

Oman. Interim boss FAJR IBRAHIM was

handed the permanent job with Syria.

Chilean JOSE LUIS SIERRA replaced

Slaven Bilic as coach of Saudi Pro

League side Al Ittihad.

OCEANIA

Northern Irishman PAUL MUNSTER,

who won two trophies in seven months

while in charge of Indian top-flight side

Minerva Punjab, was appointed national

coach of Vanuatu.

Former Linfield boss WARREN

FEENEY took charge of Ards, who were

bottom of the NIFL Premiership, until

the end of the season.

SOUTH AMERICA

Former Celta Vigo, Sevilla and Athletic

Bilbao boss EDUARDO BERIZZO was

appointed national coach of Paraguay

after Juan Carlos Osorio resigned for

family reasons after just five months

in the job.

CONCACAF

Uruguayan FABIAN COITO left his

post as his country’s Under-20 boss to

become national coach of Honduras.

Mexican side Toluca appointed JOSE

LUIS REAL to replace Argentinian coach

Hernan Cristante until the end of the

season, with the side 15th in the Liga MX.

THE WORLD THIS MONTH

Lined up...

Jaap Stam

Back...

Claudio

Ranieri

New

challenge...

Paulo Sousa

Winner...Juan

Carlos Garrido

National job...

Eduardo Berizzo