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Struggling Espanyol appoint third coach of season

football27 December 2019 13:40| © AFP

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Abelardo Fernandez © Gallo Images

Barcelona's less celebrated cross-town cousins Espanyol appointed their third coach of the season on Friday as former Spain international Abelardo Fernandez took the helm of La Liga's bottom club.

Espanyol have just 10 points from 18 games and fired coach Pablo Machin and three of his staff on Monday after the weekend's 2-0 defeat to second-bottom Leganes.

Machin took over in October when the previous incumbent David Gallego was sacked after eight games and just one win in early October.

The new coach Fernandez, 49, is a former Barcelona and Spain defender and left Liga outfit Alaves after finishing 14th at the end of last season.

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