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Maurizio Sarri has resigned as Lazio coach after a poor run of type left them off the tempo within the race for European soccer, the Italian membership confirmed on Wednesday.
“Lazio announce that Maurizio Sarri has resigned from his function as first workforce coach,” Lazio mentioned in a press release.
Sarri’s assistant Giovanni Martusciello has taken the reins, Lazio added, reportedly solely till the worldwide break which begins after this weekend when Lazio face relegation-threatened Frosinone.
Monday’s 2-1 house defeat to Udinese was their third in a row in Serie A.
It left Lazio seven factors from Atalanta who sit in Italy’s Europa Convention League place and an extra 4 away from the ultimate Champions League spot held by Bologna.
Lazio completed second final season however are at present ninth after shedding 12 of their 28 league fixtures.
Sarri’s workforce had been additionally dumped out of the Champions League by Bayern Munich after main by a single aim following the primary leg of their final 16 tie.
Lazio’s season just isn’t utterly over as they’re within the Italian Cup semi-finals, the place they’ll tackle Juventus over two legs.
Sarri joined Lazio in 2021 after a 12 months’s sabbatical following his league title win at Juve on the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The 65-year-old, who additionally received the 2019 Europa League with Chelsea, is most well-known for the flamboyant Napoli workforce which almost received Serie A in 2018.
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