Soccer-Pachuca part ways with manager Almada before Club World Cup
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Intercontinental Cup - Derby of the Americas - Botafogo v Pachuca - Stadium 974, Doha, Qatar - December 11, 2024 Pachuca coach Guillermo Almada reacts. REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari/File Photo
(Reuters) -CF Pachuca have parted ways with manager Guillermo Almada weeks before they kick off their Club World Cup campaign, the Mexican club said on Wednesday.
Uruguayan Almada, who joined three-and-a-half years ago, led Pachuca to the CONCACAF Champions Cup title last year, sealing their place in the Club World Cup.
Pachuca also reached the FIFA Intercontinental Cup in December, where they lost to Real Madrid.
The manager bid an emotional farewell to players, staff and directors on Wednesday, Pachuca said in a statement, without giving a reason for his departure.
In March, FIFA said Liga MX sides Pachuca and Club Leon had failed to meet criteria on multi-club ownership and removed Leon from the Club World Cup. The Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected Leon's appeal against the removal earlier this month.
Pachuca's spot in the 32-team Club World Cup, set to kick off in the U.S. on June 14, was unaffected.
(Reporting by Chiranjit Ojha in Bengaluru; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)
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