Real Valladolid have sacked manager Diego Cocca after just eight games in charge, the LaLiga club said on Monday, with the team bottom of the standings following a run of five consecutive defeats.

Cocca leaves Real Valladolid after eight matches, with a single victor, against Real Betis, and seven defeats, one of them in the Copa del Rey against Ourense CF, a team two divisions lower, in the round of 32. As with Cocca's predecessor Paulo Pezzolano's dismissal, the replacement is Álvaro Rubio.

Real Valladolid have dismissed manager Diego Cocca after only eight games in charge, the La Liga club have confirmed.

The Real Valladolid has announced the dismissal of Diego Cocca as head coach of the first team, following a short and unfortunate stint with the blanquivioleta squad. The Argentine, who took the helm on December 14,