Reigning Portuguese champions Porto have sacked coach
Paulo Fonseca after only nine months at the helm.
Fonseca, 41, lost his job after a four-match winless
streak which saw his third-placed team drop nine points behind current leaders
Benfica.
Porto's five-and-a-half-year unbeaten home record was
ended by Estoril last week before they surrendered a 2-0 lead to draw at
Guimaraes on Sunday.
Reserve-team coach Luis Castro has been named as interim
manager.
Porto are the 27-time Portuguese champions, having won
the title in each of the past three seasons.
They were knocked out in the Champions League group stage
this season, but have reached the last 16 of the Europa League, where they face
Napoli.
Former Porto defender Fonseca succeeded Victor Pereira in
June 2013 after taking minnows Pacos de Ferreira into the Champions League for
the first time in their history.
He was their eighth coach in 10 seasons since the
departure of current Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho, who led the club to the 2003
Uefa Cup and 2004 Champions League.
Culled from BBC
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