ORPHANED BULGARIAN FC REPLACES NEW COACH

Sofia News Agency, Bulgaria
Aug. 31, 2006

Bulgaria’s former football champion Lokomotiv Plovdiv have replaced
yet another coach, it emerged Thursday, indicating that the club’s
crisis after their president was killed continues.

Loko confirmed sacking Ayan Sadakov, who took on coaching the team
just a year ago. His replacement in Thursday’s morning exercise was
manager Ivan Marinov.

Before Ayan Sadakov, Lokomotiv was coached by Eduard Aranosyan.

The ethnic Armenian had to part with the club after the assassination
of Georgi Iliev left Lokomotiv in a financial crisis, and the coach
quarreled with the management.