Ancelotti returns to scene of former glory after AC Milan sack Terim

MILAN, Italy, Nov 5 (AFP) - AC Milan on Monday sacked their coach Fatih Terim after a poor series of results, the Italian first division club announced.

Former Parma and Juventus coach Carlo Ancelotti, a member of the legendary AC Milan team of the late 1980s, has been named successor to the Turk who only took charge of the San Siro club back in June.

"AC Milan announces it has sacked Fatih Terim and thanks him for his work and announces it has given control of the first team to Carlo Ancelotti with a contract until June 30, 2004," said a brief club statement.

Sunday evening's 1-0 defeat at Torino, which left Milan in fifth place in Serie A, proved the final straw for Terim who paid the price for failing to produce immediate results after club president and Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi bankrolled a huge spending spree in the summer.

Terim, formerly in charge of Istanbul outfit Galatasaray and Fiorentina, had already received two votes of confidence from the club's vice-president Adriano Galliani and managing director, who runs the club with Berlusconi concentrating on his political ambitions.

The Turk had had to contend with reports that the club would have appointed Ancelotti back in June had they known that Juventus intended to dispense with his services and appoint Marcello Lippi.

After Parma president Stefano Tanzi admitted on Monday that Ancelotti was his preferred candidate to fill the coaching vacancy at that club left by Renzo Ulivieri who resigned last week Galliani moved quickly to make sure he got his man.

Hay qua, em ghet thang Terim nay the, em noi voi cac bac ngay tu luc dau, bac Quan cu benh no, bay gio thi het doi chu y roi, kha`kha`, Ancelloti la` hay lam do, thi'ch thu'