Football Club FanClub on 18 May 2006 02:53 pm
Dynamo Moscow sack Wortman
Updated: Nov. 7, 2005
Dynamo Moscow sack Wortman
MOSCOW, Nov 7 (Reuters) – Brazilian coach Ivo Wortman has been sacked by Dynamo Moscow following a string of poor results, the Russian premier league side said on Monday.
‘He has failed to fulfill the given task and thus was sacked by the club,’ Dynamo said on their official website.
Wortman, 55, who came to Dynamo from Brazilian side Juventude in July, could not make the struggling Moscow club a title contender this season.
On Sunday Dynamo suffered their third consecutive defeat, going down 2-1 to city rivals CSKA Moscow, who clinched their second league title in three years with a game to spare.
Andrei Kobelev, who had been in charge of Dynamo for two months earlier this year, takes over as caretaker coach and will guide them against fellow strugglers Krylya Sovietov Samara in the season’s finale on Nov. 19.
Dynamo have struggled since the start of the season despite their flamboyant owner Alexei Fedorychev spending more than $100 million on players since taking control of the club last year.
