Following Wednesday's
3-0 Champions League defeat by Paris St-Germain, Carlo Ancelotti has been sacked as manager of Bayern Munich. The
club's board has decided to dismiss the Italian, who replaced Pep Guardiola at
the start of last season.
Ancelotti, 58, helped Bayern win the
Bundesliga last term, but they only reached the last eight of the Champions
League and the German Cup semi-finals. His Assistant boss Willy Sagnol will
take temporary charge.
Bayern, league champions in each of the past
five seasons, are third in the German table, three points behind Borussia Dortmund,
with four wins, one draw and one defeat from their first six matches. They next
play away to Hertha Berlin on Sunday (14:30 BST).
"The performance of our team since the
start of the season did not meet the expectations we put to them," said
Bayern's chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.
"I would like to thank Carlo for his
cooperation. Carlo is my friend and will remain my friend, but we had to make a
professional decision. The game in Paris clearly showed that we had to draw
consequences."
Former Chelsea, PSG, Real Madrid and AC Milan
boss Ancelotti has won the Champions League three times - with Milan in 2003
and 2007, and with Madrid in 2014.
That return makes him the joint most
successful manager in European Cup history, along with former Liverpool boss
Bob Paisley, who also won three titles, in 1977, 1978 and 1981.
Ancelotti also led Milan to the Champions League final in 2005,
but the Italian side were beaten on penalties by Liverpool, despite having led
3-0 at half-time.
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