Football: Milan lose patience with Ranieri

The end for Ranieri came only hours after Moratti had said he thought the coach would last until the end of season.

ROME: Inter Milan sacked coach Claudio Ranieri after a string of poor results which has left the Serie A giants struggling to qualify for next season’s Champions League. The former Chelsea and Valencia handler has been replaced by youth team coach Andrea Stramaccioni. The final straw for Milan president Massimo Moratti and the board came with the 2-0 defeat at Juventus on Sunday leaving them eighth in Serie A, 10 points off the Champions League positions, and having failed to score in seven of their last 10 league matches. The end for Ranieri came only hours after Moratti had said he thought the coach would last until the end of the season.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 28^th, 2012.