Madrid, June 30: Coach Vicente Del Bosque, fired by Real Madrid last Monday, criticised the club for the manner of his dismissal that came only 24 hours after he guided the team to a record 29th Spanish league title.
"There were things which annoyed me and I felt badly treated. If they present a new coach then they should fire the previous one in the same way. A little warmth is not a bad thing," the coach told the leading sports daily Marca yesterday.
Del Bosque said he learned his contract was not going to be renewed from the club's sports director Jorge Valdano late on Monday in a corridor of the Santiago Bernabeu stadium. The previous day, Madrid defeated Athletic De Bilbao 3-1 to clinch the title in the final round of the season.
"Telling me in the loneliness of the corridor was not the best way, at 11 o'clock at night," said Del Bosque, whose firing severed his 35-year connection with Madrid as a player, member of the training staff and coach.
He was replaced two days later by the former Manchester United assistant coach Carlos Queiroz.



Del Bosque, who guided Madrid to Champions League triumphs and two league titles in three and a half years in charge, said he had cried after losing his job.


Bureau Report