Post by Taxigirl on Sept 20, 2004 9:32:30 GMT
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Real Madrid coach Jose Antonio Camacho has tendered his resignation after the club's poor start to the season.
Spanish state radio said Camacho had told Real chairman Florentino Perez he was quitting and would resist pressure to reconsider.
Perez said no decision on the coach's future would be taken until an emergency meeting on Monday.
"Everything will be decided at Monday's meeting at the Bernabeu," Perez told the Efe news agency.
Real lost 1-0 at Espanyol on Saturday as their indifferent form continued.
That defeat came hot on the heels of Wednesday's Champions League 3-0 drubbing at Bayer Leverkusen which drew fierce criticism in Spain.
The 49-year-old Camacho has only been in the post since taking over from Carlos Queiroz in May.
He was fired after the nine-times European champions could only reach the last eight of the Champions League last season and finished fourth in La Liga.
Camacho was a stalwart with Real as a player, making more than 400 appearances between 1973-89 and winning nine Spanish league titles, three Spanish Cups and two Uefa Cups.
He won 81 caps for Spain and played in the 1982 and 1986 World Cups.
He is currently in his second stint as coach at Real, where he lasted just three weeks in the summer of 1998 before resigning over a disagreement with former chairman Lorenzo Sanz.
Camacho then went on to coach the Spanish national side for four years, after which he returned to the Bernabeu via a short stint with Portugal's Benfica.
Real Madrid coach Jose Antonio Camacho has tendered his resignation after the club's poor start to the season.
Spanish state radio said Camacho had told Real chairman Florentino Perez he was quitting and would resist pressure to reconsider.
Perez said no decision on the coach's future would be taken until an emergency meeting on Monday.
"Everything will be decided at Monday's meeting at the Bernabeu," Perez told the Efe news agency.
Real lost 1-0 at Espanyol on Saturday as their indifferent form continued.
That defeat came hot on the heels of Wednesday's Champions League 3-0 drubbing at Bayer Leverkusen which drew fierce criticism in Spain.
The 49-year-old Camacho has only been in the post since taking over from Carlos Queiroz in May.
He was fired after the nine-times European champions could only reach the last eight of the Champions League last season and finished fourth in La Liga.
Camacho was a stalwart with Real as a player, making more than 400 appearances between 1973-89 and winning nine Spanish league titles, three Spanish Cups and two Uefa Cups.
He won 81 caps for Spain and played in the 1982 and 1986 World Cups.
He is currently in his second stint as coach at Real, where he lasted just three weeks in the summer of 1998 before resigning over a disagreement with former chairman Lorenzo Sanz.
Camacho then went on to coach the Spanish national side for four years, after which he returned to the Bernabeu via a short stint with Portugal's Benfica.