Garcia quits cash-strapped Millonarios
Reuters - Friday 26 March 2010, 01:26
BOGOTA - The financial and sporting
woes of Colombian giants Millonarios deepened on Thursday with
the resignation of coach Luis Augusto Garcia, the last man to
steer them to a league title.
Garcia, also a shareholder in the ailing club he steered to
their last two of their 13 titles in a previous spell in charge
from 1987 to 1990, quit after Wednesday's 3-2 home defeat by
Boyaca Chico, the club said in a statement.
Millonarios, a once very rich club that was Argentine great
Alfredo di Stefano's stepping stone from River Plate to Real
Madrid in the 1950s, are in dire financial straits.
The squad boycotted a practice in the build-up to last
weekend's Bogota derby against Independiente Santa Fe to demand
payment of several months' wages they are owed. They lost the
derby 2-1.
Millonarios are one from bottom of the Apertura
championship and virtually out of the running for the
eight-team knockout phase.
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