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        Maurizio Sarri sacked by Juventus after Champions League exit
   DIR By: The Referee
       Date: August 8, 2020, 12:42 pm
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       ESPN-
       Juventus coach Maurizio Sarri has been sacked following the
       club's Champions League elimination against Lyon, it was
       announced on Saturday.
       The Serie A side suffered a round of 16 exit to the French club
       despite a 2-1 win on Friday night, losing on the away goals rule
       as the tie ended 2-2 on aggregate.
       A Juventus statement said: "Juventus Football Club announces
       that Maurizio Sarri has been relieved of his post as coach of
       the First Team.
       "The club would like to thank the coach for having written a new
       page in Juventus' history with the victory of the
       ninth-consecutive championship, the culmination of a personal
       journey that led him to climb all the divisions of Italian
       football."
       Despite winning a ninth successive Serie A title last month,
       Sarri's team have not managed to convince the critics during his
       first season in charge. Their failure to even match last
       season's quarterfinals performance in the Champions League was
       the final straw for the 61-year-old.
       Sarri leaves Juventus with a record of 34 wins in 51 competitive
       matches, eight draws and nine defeats. Their tally of 83 points
       in Serie A this season was the lowest of their nine-season run
       of titles. Juventus also lost the Italian Supercup to Lazio and
       the Coppa Italia final to Napoli.
       "If I wasn't devastated by not qualifying, I'd be happy with the
       performance," Sarri said after Juventus' defeat to Lyon.
       "I actually expected less from us, I think we played a great
       game. We fell behind to a penalty kick that could have made us
       lose our heads and we had three chances when we were 2-1 ahead."
       Mauricio Pochettino, who was sacked by Tottenham last November,
       has emerged as a contender for the Juventus job and sources have
       told ESPN's James Olley that the ex-Spurs boss is ready to
       return to management. Andrea Pirlo has also been strongly linked
       with the job.
       Meanwhile, Juventus chief Andrea Agnelli is adamant Cristiano
       Ronaldo will stay at the club despite him exiting the Champions
       League at the round of 16 stage for the first time since 2010.
       A report in France had claimed Ronaldo wanted to move to Paris
       Saint-Germain. Sources have told ESPN, though, the Ligue 1 side
       are prioritising the contract renewals of key players Kylian
       Mbappe and Neymar.
       "I am entirely convinced he will stay," Agnelli said. "I think
       the report was down to an interview from several months ago,
       which just happened to be published just before we played
       against a French team. It's an old media trick. No, I can assure
       you that Ronaldo remains a pillar of Juventus."
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