MADRID (Reuters) – Real Madrid have fired manager Rafa Benitez after six months in the job, Spanish sports daily Marca reported on Monday. The La Liga club’s president Florentino Perez dismissed the Spaniard after an emergency board meeting, with their former player Zinedine Zidane poised to take over, the paper said. Frenchman Zidane has been in charge of the Real ‘B’ team. The club declined to comment. Real are third in the standings, four points behind leaders Atletico Madrid, after suffering three league defeats this season, including a 4-0 home loss to arch-rivals Barcelona. Benitez, the former Liverpool, Chelsea, Inter Milan and Napoli manager, replaced Italian Carlo Ancelotti in June. Real have been European champions 10 times and are the most valuable club in the world according to Forbes magazine. (Writing by Ed Osmond in London; Additional reporting by Andres Gonzalez Estebaran in Madrid; Editing by Ken Ferris) 

Real Madrid just gave the boot to their coach, Rafa Benitez, considering the
team's failure to perform in key matches.

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