Real Betis sack Pepe Mel for a second time after fourth straight defeat By AP Sport
Last Updated: 10/01/16 10:53pm
Real Betis have sacked coach Pepe Mel for a second time after they went more than a month without a win. The former West Brom head coach suffered a fourth straight defeat on Saturday, this time to Getafe, which left Betis just five points above La Liga's relegation zone. And the Betis board announced: "We have decided tonight to sack Pepe Mel as coach of the club's first team." They did not immediately name a successor but said president Juan Carlos Ollero and sporting director Eduardo Macia would hold a news conference later on Sunday.
Mel promoted Betis to La Liga in 2011 and led them to seventh place in 2013 in his first stint at the helm, before taking over at West Brom in January 2014.
He was appointed Betis head coach for a second time in December 2014 after being sacked by West Brom in the summer of 2014, and led them to immediate promotion once more by winning the Spanish Segunda.
They last won in La Liga at the end of November and Saturday's 1-0 defeat at Getafe, their eighth outing without a victory in all competitions, left them in 15th place.
Their next game is Tuesday's King's Cup last 16, second leg at city rivals Sevilla, when they need to overturn a 2-0 deficit from last week's first leg if they are to reach the quarter-finals.
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