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Results of Today's Fixtures (19-1-2025)
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Porto sack coach Vitor Bruno​

LISBON: FC Porto announced the dismissal of Vitor Bruno on Monday, becoming the third of Portugal’s three main clubs to make a coaching change this season.

The 42-year-old replaced new AC Milan boss Sergio Conceicao in the close season but paid the price after Porto lost ground in the title race following back-to-back league defeats this month. Porto’s academy director Jose Tavares will take over as coach on an interim basis, the club said.

Sunday’s 3-1 loss away to Gil Vicente was Porto’s third in a row in all competitions. They were also beaten by Sporting Lisbon in the semi-finals of the League Cup on January 7. Porto have slipped to third in the table, four points behind leaders Sporting. Benfica moved into second place over the weekend.

Benfica parted ways with German coach Roger Schmidt at the end of August, while Sporting sacked Ruben Amorim’s successor Joao Pereira just over a month after the former departed for Manchester United.

 
Borussia Dortmund have sacked head coach Nuri Sahin after their Champions League defeat at Bologna.

The German side have lost four successive matches in all competitions since the winter break.

The 2-1 defeat against the Italian club on Tuesday was their third loss in this season's Champions League for last year's beaten finalists.

It means Dortmund must beat Shakhtar Donetsk in their final league phase game and hope other results go in their favour to automatically reach the last 16.

A run of three domestic defeats to start 2025 has left them 10th in the Bundesliga, seven points outside the top four and in danger of failing to secure Champions League qualification next season.

Sahin, 36, who had two stints at the club as a player, said: "Unfortunately, we have not managed to live up to Borussia Dortmund's sporting ambitions this season.

"I wish this special club all the best."

Sahin was appointed Dortmund boss in June 2024 as a replacement for Edin Terzic, who left following their Champions League final defeat to Real Madrid.

as an assistant coach to Terzic at the start of 2024 alongside Sven Bender.

"We value Nuri Sahin and his work very much. We hoped for a long-term collaboration and until the end we had hoped we could achieve a sporting turnaround together," said Dortmund sporting director Lars Ricken.

"This decision hurts me personally, but it was unavoidable after the game in Bologna."

Source: BBC
 
Lyon boss Fonseca gets nine-month ban for confronting referee

Lyon manager Paulo Fonseca has been suspended from conducting his matchday duties for almost nine months for angrily confronting a referee.

Fonseca, 51, was sent off and pushed his face towards official Benoit Millot during Lyon's 2-1 win over Brest on 2 March.

In a statement on Wednesday, the French Professional Football League said the Portuguese boss would be barred from accessing the bench, the officials' dressing rooms, and carrying out any official functions before, during, or after matches until 30 November

The punishment also prevents him from going to the team dressing room, pitch, tunnel and corridors leading to those areas until 15 September.

Fonseca, who apologised after the incident, only took charge of Lyon on 31 January after leaving AC Milan the previous month.

He was sent off after a review of a potential penalty for Brest - which was not awarded - for his "intimidating attitude", according to Millot.


 
Barcelona match postponed after death of team doctor

Barcelona's La Liga match against Osasuna on Saturday night has been postponed following the death of the Catalan club's first-team doctor Carles Minarro Garcia.

The game was scheduled to start at 20:00 GMT but was called off around 20 minutes before kick-off.

Fans had had already arrived at Barcelona's Olympic Stadium as Hansi Flick's side prepared to extend their one-point lead at the top of La Liga against their 11th-placed visitors, before news of the postponement was announced on the big screen.

"FC Barcelona is deeply saddened to announce the passing of first-team doctor Carles Minarro Garcia this evening," the club said in a statement.

"For this reason, the match between FC Barcelona and CA Osasuna has been postponed to a later date.

"The FC Barcelona board of directors and all staff extend our heartfelt condolences to his family and friends during this difficult time."

An Osasuna statement added: "Osasuna wishes to convey its deepest condolences to the family of Dr Carles Minarro Garcia and would like to send a warm hug to all the staff of FC Barcelona, as well as to its fans, at this difficult time. May he rest in peace."


 
Juventus sack boss Motta and replace him with Tudor

Juventus have sacked manager Thiago Motta after just nine months in charge and replaced him Croatian Igor Tudor.

Former Italy international Motta, 42, departs with the 36-time Serie A champions one point outside the Champions League qualification places in fifth.

His final match in charge was a 3-0 defeat at Fiorentina last weekend, having been thrashed 4-0 at home by Atalanta the previous week.

The Turin club also lost to PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League play-off round and are out of the Coppa Italia, which they won last season.

Former midfielder Tudor made more than 150 appearances for Juventus between 1998 and 2007.

His first managerial job was with Hajduk Split in 2013 and has since taken charge of the likes of Galatasaray, Udinese, Verona and Marseille.

The 46-year-old's most recent role was a three-month spell at Lazio at the end of last season.

Tudor's first game in charge will be a home match against Genoa in Serie A on Saturday.


 

RB Leipzig sack head coach Rose & appoint Low​

RB Leipzig have sacked head coach Marco Rose after their 1-0 Bundesliga defeat by Borussia Monchengladbach and appointed Zsolt Low as interim boss.

Rose, 48, departs after two and a half years with Leipzig who are sixth in the Bundesliga table.

Low, who worked as Thomas Tuchel's assistant manager at Chelsea, Bayern Munich and Paris St-Germain, replaces Rose until the end of the season.

Leipzig have won three of their past 11 Bundesliga games but are only three points below the Champions League qualification places with seven matches remaining.

They also play in the semi-finals of the German Cup on Wednesday against Stuttgart.

Former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp currently works for the Red Bull group as their head of global soccer.

Speaking in January, Klopp said "I will not be the coach of a Red Bull team," should an opportunity arise.

Marcel Schafer, Leipzig's managing director for sport, said: "We have believed in our co-operation with Marco and his team for a very long time and, up to now, tried everything to turn things around together.

"Given the development and the continued lack of results, we're all firmly convinced that we need new impetus for the remainder of the campaign in order to achieve our aims for the season."

Source: BBC
 
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