Allegri shown the door by Italian giants

AC Milan coach sacked after 4-3 defeat to Sassuolo.

MILAN: Former AC Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri became the seventh coaching casualty of the Serie A season when he was sacked on Monday.

Milan are 11th in Serie A, 30 points behind leaders Juventus and 20 behind Napoli, who occupy the last qualifying spot for the Champions League.

For the second successive season, Allegri’s side has struggled to keep pace on the domestic front as Juventus, Roma and Napoli lay early claim to Serie A, in pursue of three allocated places in the Champions League.

Sunday’s defeat to Sassuolo, who scored four goals thanks to Domenico Berardi, appeared to seal Allegri’s fate.

Under Allegri, Milan have failed to gel as a team and began this season failing to play to their full potential.

Allegri stated two weeks ago this season that this would be his last one at the helm of the San Siro giants, but Sunday’s reverse sealed his departure earlier than expected.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 14^th, 2014.

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