Pizzi ignores ax omens
China Daily | Updated: 2018-06-16 07:57
Saudi Arabia coach Juan Antonio Pizzi brushed off suggestions that his position is under threat after his team's humiliating 5-0 loss to Russia in the opening match of the World Cup on Thursday.
The Saudis have gone through 11 coaches in the last ten years, not boding well for Pizzi's job security.
The country's soccer bosses are not to afraid to dispense with a manager mid-tournament either, as witnessed by Brazilian Carlos Alberto Parreira's firing at the 1998 World Cup in France.
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