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Free Malaysia Today
2 days ago
- Business
- Free Malaysia Today
Sarri returns as Lazio coach
Maurizio Sarri has rejoined Lazio on a two-year contract with an option for a third season. (EPA Images pic) ROME : Maurizio Sarri has returned to Lazio as head coach a year after he resigned from the position, Italian news agency Adnkronos reported today quoting the Serie A club's sporting director Angelo Fabiani. Former Chelsea and Juventus manager Sarri has rejoined Lazio on a two-year contract with an option for a third season, the report said. Lazio did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Sarri resigned as Lazio coach in March 2024, almost three years into his tenure. They finished seventh in the Italian league in 2023-24, having finished second the previous season. Lazio finished seventh again this season under Marco Baroni.
News18
2 days ago
- Sport
- News18
'Choice Of Heart': Maurizio Sarri Returns To Helm Serie A Side Lazio
Last Updated: 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." ALSO READ| Antoine Griezmann Inks Atletico Madrid Contract Extension '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. advetisement '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. ALSO READ| Macron On Violence In Paris After PSG's UCL Win: 'Nothing Can Justify…' 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. Location : Italy First Published: June 03, 2025, 00:22 IST
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Marco Baroni exits Lazio, Sarri set for return
Marco Baroni is no longer the coach of Lazio. After a disappointing season, which ended with the failure to qualify for the European cups, Lazio announced their separation from the coach, who arrived on the Biancocelesti bench last summer. Advertisement The club announced it through an official statement on their website. 'S.S. Lazio thanks Marco Baroni for the professionalism and commitment shown at the helm of the First Team. The Club wishes the coach the best of luck in his career. Thank you Mister' – it reads. Taking the place of the former Lecce and Hellas Verona coach on the Lazio bench will be Maurizio Sarri.
New York Times
2 days ago
- Business
- New York Times
Maurizio Sarri returns as Lazio head coach after Marco Baroni departure
Maurizio Sarri has returned as Lazio head coach, just 15 months after he resigned from the club. Sarri is replacing Marco Baroni, who signed a two-year contract as Lazio head coach last summer but departed after just one season in charge. A Lazio statement earlier on Monday confirmed Baroni's exit. Sarri has not worked in a coaching role since leaving Lazio in March 2024. Advertisement 'Maurizio Sarri has returned home. His return is a choice of heart, conviction and vision,' Lazio president Claudio Lotito said in a news release. 'With him, we want to resume a path interrupted too soon, aware that together we can bring back enthusiasm, identity and ambition. Welcome back to your home, commander.' Welcome back, 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢 🚬 Qui il comunicato ufficiale ⤵️ — (@OfficialSSLazio) June 2, 2025 Lazio went into the final day of the league season with an outside chance of a top-four finish and Champions League qualification, but their defeat at home to 10-man Lecce saw them drop to seventh in the standings and miss out on European football altogether for 2025-26. Baroni's side eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Europa League by Bodo/Glimt in a penalty shootout, and also exited the Coppa Italia at the last-eight stage of the Coppa Italia by Inter. Having joined in June 2021, Lazio finished fifth and second in Sarri's two full league campaigns at the helm, while he led them to the Champions League last-16 stage in 2023-24 before resigning from his position in March of that season. The 66-year-old has a managerial career spanning more than three decades and encompassing spells at Napoli, Chelsea and Juventus, with whom he won the Serie A title in 2019-20. ()
CNA
2 days ago
- Business
- CNA
Sarri returns as Lazio coach, Adnkronos reports
Maurizio Sarri has returned to Lazio as head coach a year after he resigned from the position, Italian news agency Adnkronos reported on Monday quoting the Serie A club's sporting director Angelo Fabiani. Former Chelsea and Juventus manager Sarri has re-joined Lazio on a two-year contract with an option for a third season, the report said. Lazio did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Sarri resigned as Lazio coach in March 2024, almost three years into his tenure. They finished seventh in the Italian league in 2023-24, having finished second the previous season. Lazio finished seventh again this season under Marco Baroni.
