Jaime Pacheco fired from Al-Shabab

Jaime Pacheco was fired of Al Shabab's coach, Saudi Arabia, after the club's defeat yesterday before the Sepahan, Iran, in a match counting for the Asian Champions League.

"Pacheco will be replaced by the Brazilian coach Edgar Parreira, who coached so far the youths team of Al Shabab," reads a statement posted on the Saudi emblem's official site, on which been added the information, that the termination was reached by mutual agreement.

However, the reasons for the Portuguese coach dismissal are not advanced by Al-Shabab, although it is speculated that the coach's alleged refusal to renew his contract with the Arabic club may have triggered the whole process.