Mid-table Cagliari have fired coach Massimo Ficcadenti, the seventh coach sacked in Serie A this season and the second in two days.
Coach becomes the seventh Serie A casualty of the season
Mid-table Cagliari have fired manager Massimo Ficcadenti, the seventh coach sacked in Serie A this season and the second in two days.
No replacement has been immediately announced, but the Italian media have hinted that Davide Ballardini will be rehired.
Having lost 1-0 at Atalanta on Sunday, Cagliari are currently 10th, eight points behind leaders Udinese.
Cagliari president Massimo Cellino fired Roberto Donadoni in August and replaced him with Ficcadenti before the season began.
Ballardini previously coached Cagliari in the second half of the 2007/08 season, helping the club avoid relegation that year.
Patience
"Italian football is overheated, there's less and less patience," Italian coaches association president Renzo Ulivieri told
Sky TV on Tuesday.
"A manager needs time and often that's not allowed."
Roma coach Luis Enrique, hired by the club's new American owners to lead a youth movement, has also been under pressure.
"I hope (Roma's) project goes well. It's a big undertaking, and the merit goes mostly to (Roma's new sporting director Walter) Sabatini," Ulivieri said.
"Italian football needs something new to measure itself against."
