UAE fire their national coach without a game being played
Football authorities searching for a new technical team to take charge of national side
06 April 2020 - 14:35
Belgrade — The UAE have sacked their Serbian coach Ivan Jovanovic without a single game in charge as his task of steering them to a pair of big tournaments was disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic.
Jovanovic, who won four Cypriot league titles with APOEL Nicosia and reached the 2012 Champions League quarterfinals with them, took over at UAE in December on a six-month contract in a bid to reach the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 AFC Asian Cup...
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