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Frenchman Bruno Metsu has quit as coach of the United Arab Emirates after his team suffered two successive home defeats in the final Asian round of 2010 World Cup qualifying.
The 54-year-old Metsu was unhappy with his team's lack of fighting spirit in their defeats by North Korea and Saudi Arabia this month and felt he had nothing more to offer, team manager Abdullah Hassan said.
"He felt like he had taken the team as far as he could," Abdullah said.
"It was the end of the line for him and he felt he couldn't give anything more. The football association will start looking for his replacement immediately."
Inileev out of Uzbekistan
Meanwhile former Asian coach of the year Rauf Inileev has quit as manager of Uzbekistan after defeats in the last three World Cup qualifiers, the country's football federation said.
"The national team has not scored in five matches and the federation decided it needed a new coach," a senior official announced.
"He resigned on Friday."
Prior to the last round, the Uzbeks were the best performers in Asian World Cup qualifying, scoring 26 goals in their first seven matches before 4-0, 3-0 and 1-0 defeats to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Australia respectively.
Inileev has been replaced by former Kuruvchi coach Mirdjalol Kasimov.
Yemen unveil De Moraes
One country not on the look out for a new coach though is Yemen after Portugal's Jose De Moraes was appointed coach of national football team.
De Moraes, a former boss of United Arab Emirates club Al Shabab, will earn $20,000 a month coaching the Gulf strugglers and replaces Egyptian Mohsen Saleh, who quit after suffering his second heart attack in the space of a year.
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