Maurizio Sarri Resigned As Lazio Manager
Lazio manager Maurizio Sarri has resigned after a fifth defeat in six games in all competitions.
Monday’s 2-1 home defeat by Udinese left Lazio ninth in Serie A, seven points off the final European qualification place.
They were knocked out the Champions League last week by Bayern Munich.
Sarri, 65, joined Lazio in 2021 and led them to second place in Serie A last season, their best league finish since they won the title in 1999-2000.
Since deciding to leave Chelsea after winning the Europa League in 2019, a decision he would later call a “sensational mistake”, Sarri has been working back in Italy, first at Juventus for a year, and then at Lazio since 2021. (He took a year off after Juve sacked him despite winning yet another Scudetto.)
Assistant manager Giovanni Martusciello has been placed in interim charge.
