Eduardo Berizzo gestures during the Spanish league football match Sevilla vs Celta Vigo at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan stadium in Sevilla on November 18, 2017.JORGE GUERRERO / AFPSevilla sacked coach Eduardo Berizzo on Friday just a month after it was announced the Argentine is suffering from prostate cancer, the club said, citing poor results.
“The Sevilla board… has taken the decision to sack the coach of the first team due to the bad form of the team,” Sevilla said in a statement, without making reference to Berizzo’s illness.
News of Berizzo’s condition was released just hours after Sevilla battled back from a 3-0 half-time deficit against Liverpool to secure a famous 3-3 draw that helped book their place in the last 16 of the Champions League, where they will face Manchester United.
The former Argentine international then missed four matches as he underwent surgery on a tumour with his assistant coach Ernesto Marcucci taking charge.
