Soccer-Relegation-threatened Elche sack coach Machin

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Europa League - Group H - Ferencvaros v Espanyol - Groupama Arena, Budapest, Hungary - November 28, 2019 Espanyol coach Pablo Machin REUTERS/Tamas Kaszas

(Reuters) - LaLiga's bottom-placed club Elche parted ways with coach Pablo Machin on Monday after a string of poor results left them 14-points adrift of the safety zone.

Machin, a former Sevilla and Espanyol coach, leaves just four months after his arrival last November following their 2-0 defeat by Real Sociedad on Sunday.