Betis sack coach Garrido after Real Madrid defeat

Spanish La Liga football club Real Betis has sacked coach Juan Carlos Garrido.

Garrido leaves the club after less than two months in charge, during which Betis failed to win a game in the La Liga and were knocked out of the last 16 of the Spanish Cup by Athletic Club Bilbao, reports Xinhua.

The former Villarreal and Bruges coach was never a popular appointment among Betis fans since his arrival Dec 2 to replace the popular Pepe Mel.

Garrdo's time in charge saw Betis take just one point from five league matches and they have taken just 11 points from 20 matches this campaign.

Saturday saw Betis blanked 5-0 at home to Real Madrid with a lamentable team display in which they players at times seemed to neither know what was wanted of them nor show much inclination to do it.

The fans in the Benito Villamarin Stadium alternated songs demanding Garrido to 'go now', with others remembering Mel.

In the face of the crisis both on and off the pitch, the club's directors met Sunday and took the decision to sack both Garrido and his assistants and the club will now initiate the search for their third coach of a campaign which looks destined to end in relegation.

Garrido is the fourth coach to be sacked in Spain this season following Mel, Jose Luis Mendilibar (Osasuna) and Miroslav Djukic (Valencia).