Sacked del Bosque slams Real

Sacked Real Madrid coach Vicente del Bosque has criticised the club for the manner of his dismissal.

Del Bosque was sacked only 24 hours after guiding Real to a record 29th Spanish league title.

"There were things which annoyed me and I felt badly treated," said del Bosque.

"If they present a new coach then they should fire the previous one in the same way. A little warmth is not a bad thing," he told the leading sports daily Marci.

Del Bosque said he learned his contract was not going to be renewed from the club's sports director Jorge Valdano late on Monday in a corridor at the Bernabeu.

"Telling me in the loneliness of the corridor was not the best way, at 11 o'clock at night," said del Bosque, whose firing severed his 35-year connection with Madrid as a player, member of the training staff and coach.

He was replaced two days later by former Manchester United assistant coach Carlos Quiroz.