Orlado Pirates Suspend Leal

Just after crashing out of the African Champions League Orlando Pirates have suspended head coach Julio Leal. A statement which was send out the club had this to say 

 

Orlando Pirates Football Club has with immediate effect suspended the coach, Mr Julio Cesar Leal, as the club embarks on a fact finding investigation into reasons why, during performance evaluation sessions, the coach expressed that “he could not see his way forward” and offered the chairman “to do what is right for the club”.

Augusto Palacios, Technical Director of Development will assume the role of head coach. The rest of the technical team stays the same.