Metsu quits as UAE coach after World Cup losses

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UAE's head coach Bruno Metsu

(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-09-22 16:21

Frenchman Bruno Metsu has quit as coach of the United Arab Emirates after his team suffered two successive home defeats in the final Asian round of 2010 World Cup qualifying.

Bruno Metsu, manager of the UAE team, watches their World Cup 2010 qualifying soccer match against Kuwait, in Abu Dhabi February 6, 2008. [Agencies]

The 54-year-old Metsu was unhappy with his team's lack of fighting spirit in their defeats by North Korea and Saudi Arabia this month and felt he had nothing more to offer, team manager Abdullah Hassan said on Monday.

"He felt like he had taken the team as far as he could," Abdullah told Reuters by telephone. "It was the end of the line for him and he felt he couldn't give anything more. The football association will start looking for his replacement immediately."