Ramos For Real As Schuster Sacked

• Associated Press, Tuesday, December 9, 2008 12:45 PM

Real Madrid sacked German coach Bernd Schuster Tuesday and appointed recently fired Tottenham Hotspur manager Juande Ramos in his place.

Injury-hit Real lost its third league game in four outings Sunday, and Schuster said afterward that it would be "impossible" for the reigning Spanish champion to beat Barcelona in this weekend's superclasico.

Fifth-place Real trails first-place Barcelona by nine points going into Saturday's game at the Camp Nou. Real has already been knocked out of the Copa del Rey by third division side Irun.

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