'Choice Of Heart': Maurizio Sarri Returns To Helm Serie A Side Lazio
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The 66-year-old Italian replaces Marco Baroni, who stepped down last week, as the head coach of the Serie A side.
Italian manager Maurizio Sarri returned to coaching with Serie A side Lazio on Monday, as he replaced Marco Baroni, who stepped down last week.
The 66-year-old Italian has not managed any side since stepping down from his role at Lazio in the year 2024. Sarri has been in charge of the Roman side in 139 outings, winning 65 assignments, drawing 30 and losing the rest.
Lazio President Claudio Lotito announced, 'Maurizio Sarri has returned home."
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'His return is a choice of heart, conviction and vision," the club chief added.
'With him we want to resume a path interrupted too soon, knowing that together we can bring back enthusiasm, identity and ambition," the 68-year-old added.
Sarri began his first stint at Lazio in 2021 and helped the side to a second place finish in the Italian top-flight in the 2023 season. The Lazio faithful would hope that Sarri can pick up where he left off.
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'Welcome back to your home Commander."
Sarri, who has had a journeyman managerial career, clinched the Serie A title with Juventus in the year 2020 and led Premier League side Chelsea to the UEFA Europa League crown in 2019.
Sarri also captured the imaginations of the football-crazy Napoli fans with his thesis of how the game could be played in what came to be known as 'Sarri-ball', a highly expansive and attacking style of football.
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Baroni helped Lazio to a seventh place finish in his only season in charge of the club, but the Roman side missed out on the European places on the final day of the campaign due to their defeat at home to Lecce.
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