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The bottom of the table of the Spanish championship tournament featured the dismissal of the head coach Jose Luis Mendilibar by the Basque team, who had spent just four months in that position, and a few hours later he was officially replaced by former Spanish national team coach Javier Clemente.
The decisive match for the coach was the Saturday game at home against Vigo's Celta, which ended in a draw 1-1.
"It's a very difficult and sad day for the club, as such a decision is not pleasant," said Athletic Bilbao president Fernando Lamikiz. "We lost a good coach and a great person who we thought would lead the club for a long time."
J.L. Mendilibar became the first La Liga coach to lose his position this season, which has already seen 10 rounds played.
Former coach of the second division Spanish club Eibar, J.L. Mendilibar took the helm at Athletic this summer, as former coach Ernesto Valverde resigned in June at the end of last season.
After a victory in the first round against another Basque club Real Sociedad from San Sebastiano, the Bilbao club has only earned three points and after ten rounds with six points they occupy the last - twentieth - place in the table.
For the 55-year-old former Spanish national team coach J. Clemente, this will be his third time at Athletic Bilbao. In 1983 and 1984, his Bilbao team won Spanish championship titles.
