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BAKU, AZERBAIJAN (AP) – Veteran manager Fernando Santos left his job with the Azerbaijan national team on Monday after losing 5-0 to Iceland in the team’s first qualifying game for next year’s World Cup. <\/p>\n

The man who led Portugal to the 2016 European Championship title has resigned after a mutually agreed decision, the Azerbaijan Football Federation said.<\/p>\n

After Friday’s defeat to Iceland, Santos was directly criticized by the federation’s executive director who said “the head coach didn’t do his homework.”<\/p>\n

“This team and these players didn’t deserve such management or any such outcome,” Jahanhir Farajraev said of Santos. Comment has been reported<\/span> by the government’s press APA.<\/p>\n

Azerbaijan will host Ukraine next on Tuesday. Aykhan Abbasov, the coach of a team under the age of 21, will select a team for the game, the Federation said.<\/p>\n

Azerbaijan will then play France on October 10th – Santos’ 71st birthday – in Paris, Portugal defeated the host country in the Euro 2016 final. Azerbaijan will then face Ukraine in neutral Poland after three days.<\/p>\n

Santos has been expelled from work for Poland and Azerbaijani national teams since taking Portugal to the 2022 World Cup quarterfinals. Portugal lost to Morocco<\/span> and Santos left a few days later.<\/span> After over 8 years of responsibility.<\/p>\n

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