{"id":256684,"date":"2016-10-10T11:20:13","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T11:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=256684"},"modified":"2016-10-10T11:20:13","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T11:20:13","slug":"libya-sack-coach-javier-clemente-after-defeat-by-dr-congo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/libya-sack-coach-javier-clemente-after-defeat-by-dr-congo\/","title":{"rendered":"Libya sack coach Javier Clemente after defeat by DR Congo"},"content":{"rendered":"
Libya have fired coach Javier Clemente following the 4-0 loss to DR Congo in 2018 World Cup qualifying on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The country’s football federation announced its decision a day after the Group A match in Kinshasa.<\/p>\n
Clemente, 66, had been due to leave at the end of November when his contract would have expired.<\/p>\n
Libyan football has suffered from instability in the country and security problems mean they are banned from playing internationals at home.<\/p>\n
Their next World Cup qualifier is against Tunisia on 11 November and will be played in Cairo, Egypt.<\/p>\n
A spokesman for the Libyan Football Federation said a foreign coach would be in charge for that fixture, which has now become a must-win game for Libya.<\/p>\n
Only the winners from the group; which also includes Guinea, will book a place at the World Cup in Russia.
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\nBy: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Libya have fired coach Javier Clemente following the 4-0 loss to DR Congo in 2018 World Cup qualifying on Saturday. The country’s football federation announced its decision a day after the Group A match in Kinshasa. Clemente, 66, had been due to leave at the end of November when his contract would have expired. Libyan […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":256685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[142],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n