CAIRO, May 4 (Reuters) - Egyptian giants Al Ahli have fired Spanish coach Juan Carlos Garrido after the Cairo club were knocked out of the African Champions League at the weekend.
Ahli, who have won the continent's top club competition a record eight times, failed for a second successive year to get to the group phase and instead drop down to the African Confederation Cup after their penalty shootout loss to Moghreb Tetouan on Saturday.
"The Director of Football verbally informed me that I will not be continuing as the coach. I am very disappointed to not be able to conclude this project and to deliver this bad news to you," wrote the 46-year-old coach on his website (juancarlosgarrido.