Zenit St Petersburg have sacked their Dutch manager Dick Advocaat, the club announced Monday.
The 2007 Russian champions' defeat at home to minnows Tomsk on Sunday was the last straw for the Zenit management, who decided to sack the 61-year-old former Glasgow Rangers coach.
Zenit won the 2007 domestic league title and the 2008 UEFA Cup but Advocaat’s decision to take over the Belgium national side has been blamed as the reason behind the Russian club’s slump in form and his subsequent sacking.
