Bordeaux's French head coach Jocelyn Gourvennec gives a press conference after the French L1 football match between Bordeaux and Caen on January 16, 2018 at the Matmut Atlantique stadium in Bordeaux, southwestern France. / AFP PHOTO / NICOLAS TUCAT
Relegation-threatened French Ligue 1 side Bordeaux have fired their coach Jocelyn Gourvennec, the Atlantic coast side club said on Thursday.
The move follows a 2-0 defeat against Caen on Tuesday.
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The club have been playing to ever-decreasing crowds in their cavernous Matmut Atlantique stadium, completed just before the Euro 2016 tournament.
Gourvennec, 45, had been in the post since 2016 after a four-year spell at Brittany club Guingamp.
One of his assistants, Eric Bedouet, has been given temporary charge.
Source: G Sport
