Spanish football club Sevilla on Saturday sacked its Italian head coach following a string of poor results.
In nine matches since March 13, the Andalusian La Liga team has failed to win a single one and was currently sat in seventh place in the table. They will now eye a spot in the Europa League 2018-19.
"Sevilla FC has dismissed after the poor share of results the club has seen since its last triumph at Old Trafford (in champions League pre-quarterfinal against Manchester United) on March 13," said a club statement.
"Since then, the Nervion has seen nines games without a win, including five defeats, the most recent being on Friday at Valencia," it added.
In 28 matches, Montella had a record of 11 wins, 7 draws and 10 losses. Sevilla said in their website that the Italian will be best remembered for his Copa del Rey run, eliminating Atletico Madrid on route to a final and a historic qualification for the Champions League quarter-finals after defeating Manchester United in the round of 16. At his lowest, Montella led the side in a heavy defeat in the Copa del Rey final against FC Barcelona and strung together a disappointing record of 19 La Liga points in 16 matches.
Joaquin Caparros will take over from Montella till the end of the season.
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