Argentina boss Batista faces the axe

23 July,2011 01:39 AM IST |   |  AFP

Argentina coach Sergio Batista faces the chop after his side's Copa America flop after Argentine Football Association (AFA) sources indicated he was losing support, media reports indicated yesterday.


Argentina coach Sergio Batista faces the chop after his side's Copa America flop after Argentine Football Association (AFA) sources indicated he was losing support, media reports indicated yesterday.


Sergio Batista

"Batista is more out than in," the national news agency Telam quoted an AFA executive committee member as saying, while broadcaster C5N said: "His days are numbered."

The media speculated that Batista, whom the AFA confirmed as being safe for now only last Monday, had lost the support of committee members and forecast a decision would be made Monday in advance of an official announcement Tuesday if indeed the AFA does decide to sack him.

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