Salernitana Hires Liverani To Replace Inzaghi As Coach With The Club Hoping For Another ‘Miracle’ – News18

SALERNO, Italy: Struggling Serie A membership Salernitana is hoping for one more “sporting miracle” after firing coach Filippo Inzaghi and changing him with Fabio Liverani within the hopes of staving off relegation once more.

It is the third teaching change of a troubled season for Salernitana, which is backside of Serie A and 5 factors from security.

Even Salernitana basic supervisor Walter Sabatini acknowledged at a information convention to current Liverani on Monday that, after the crew’s newest loss towards Empoli, “our percentage chance of securing safety is 3.5 %.”

But Salernitana has been on this place earlier than.

Two years in the past, Davide Nicola — at the moment in cost at Empoli — turned Salernitana’s third coach of the season, with the crew having spent a lot of the marketing campaign rooted to the underside of the desk. However, he managed to tug off the good escape, with Salernitana recording 18 factors within the remaining 15 matches to remain up

“I accepted this challenge because I see the quality in this team and I believe we can aim to get closer to those ahead of us,” the 47-12 months-previous Liverani mentioned. “There was a sporting miracle in this city a couple of years ago and the stadium and the fans were an added value.”

It couldn’t be a more durable begin for Liverani, along with his first match in cost coming at league chief Inter Milan on Friday. That sport would have pitted Inzaghi towards his youthful brother Simone Inzaghi, who’s the Nerazzurri coach.

Inzaghi changed Paulo Sousa in October however Friday’s loss at residence to fellow struggler Empoli was his eleventh defeat in 18 matches in cost throughout all competitions — with simply three wins throughout that interval.

Salernitana didn’t specify the size of Liverani’s contract.

“When a coach comes in in February or March, it is difficult to talk about what could happen at the end of the season,” Liverani mentioned. “I think the club chose me to do the best possible in these months, we’ll see if we manage to achieve this little lunacy of saving ourselves and if both parties want, we’ll continue.”

Liverani final coached Cagliari in Serie B however was fired in December 2022 after a disappointing few months in cost. The former Lazio and Italy midfielder additionally coached Genoa, Leyton Orient, Ternana, Lecce and Parma.

It was the seventh teaching change within the Italian league this season.

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