Olympiakos sack their coach after poor start

[kingfunk]

Olympiakos have parted company with head coach Temuri Ketsbaia just two games into the new league season.

The 41-year-old Georgian signed a three-year contract on May 25 but leaves the Pireaus club following a 2-0 away victory over Larissa and a goalless home draw with Kavala.

"Olympiakos announces the mutual solution of its collaboration with coach Temuri Ketsbaia," the club announced via a statement on its official website.

"The technical leadership of team will be temporarily undertaken by Bozidar Bandovic. His assistant will be Andreas Niniadis."

The move is a surprise one given that it comes on the eve of the team's opening Champions League Group H match against Dutch champions AZ Alkmaar.

Ketsbaia, a former midfielder, replaced Spanish coach Ernesto Valverde after becoming the first man to lead Cypriot club Anorthosis Famagusta into the group stages of the Champions League last season.

Despite guiding Olympiakos safely through the Champions League qualification rounds, Ketsbaia was criticised by fans and the media for a 5-0 friendly loss to Erogtelis and following Saturday's 0-0 draw with newly promoted Kavala.

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[lickedlollipop]

Olympiakos is one big joke of the club.. can't stand them.

[dww]

Seems a bit knee jerk to me.

[Guest]

Leto is playing for them is it? Or is it Panathinaikos?

[Kenneth]

Leto is playing for them is it? Or is it Panathinaikos?

No, yes.
(although has was there for a year before we sold him to the other lot)