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Cluj boss Sorin Cartu sacked for smashing up Basle dugout on way to Champions League defeat

By Sportsmail Reporter
Updated: 08:07 EDT, 25 November 2010

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Embarrassed Romanian champions Cluj have sacked Sorin Cartu as boss after he went berserk and put his foot through a glass dugout in Switzerland.

Cluj are set for bottom place in their Champions League following a 1-0 defeat in Basle on Tuesday night, when Cartu lost his rag with 15 minutes left to play.

Images were beamed around the world of the 55-year-old repeatedly battering the side of his dugout before being restrained by one of his colleagues.

Club president Iuliu Muresan said in a statement: 'The image and the values of the club can not be associated with the misbehavior which took place in Basle.

'Due to this unwanted gesture committed by Sorin Cartu we have decided to sack him. We would like to give our most sincere apologies - first of all to UEFA, to FC Basle, to our fans and to all football and sports fans.'