Juventus sacked coach Massimiliano
Allegri with two games of the Serie A season to go Friday after
he staged a histrionic protest against match and club officials
near the end of Wednesday's Italian Cup final win over Atalanta
in Rome, and went on to a bust-up with a sports daily editor in
the tunnel.
Only the official announcement is lacking, sources close to the
Turin giants said.
It remains to be seen who will take over for the games against
Bologna and Monza.
It could be under-19 coach Paolo Montero, the former Juve and
Uruguay defender, or Allegri's long-time deputy Marco Landucci.
A divorce with the volatile 56-year-old Tuscan coach had already
been seen as inevitable before his latest theatrics.
Montero, 52, had a long and illustrious playing career for Juve
and his country before becoming a coach.
Landucci, 60, has been Allegri's assistant for many years.
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