1.   He almost added another when he nearly sacked a Panthers assistant coach on the sideline last week.

2.   Racing de Santander, that also sacked its coach Nando Yosu for similar reasons travels to face Deportivo de La Coruna.

3.   And optimists cite a previous crisis, when the Brazilian coach was sacked shortly before the Cup.

4.   Cologne, which sacked Danish coach Morten Olsen on Sunday, had two goals from Austrian striker Toni Polster in its victory over Hamburg.

5.   Hamburger SV, a former Bundesliga and European Champions Cup winner fallen on hard times, sacked coach Benno Moehlmann Thursday.

6.   He immediately sacked coach Javier Clemente.

7.   Sporting of Lisbon officials denied a broadcast report Sunday that it had sacked coach Carlos Queiroz after the club lost its third match in as many weeks.

8.   Spanish first division club Deportivo de La Coruna sacked Brazilian coach Carlos Alberto Silva on Thursday because of poor results in the first six rounds.

9.   Spanish first-division club Real Zaragoza sacked its coach Txetxu Rojo Tuesday after a poor set of results.

10.   The string of bad results prompted the club to sack coach Alain Giresse.