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Juventus have sacked their head coach, Igor Tudor, after failing to win their last eight matches in all competitions, the Serie A club said on Monday.
“Juventus FC announces that it has today relieved Igor Tudor of his duties as coach of the men’s first team, along with his staff,” the Italian club said in a statement, a day after their 1-0 defeat to Lazio. Massimo Brambilla, head coach of the reserve team, will temporarily take over as the first team manager, the club added.
Tudor, who replaced Thiago Motta in March, was the first foreign manager appointed by Juventus since Didier Deschamps in 2006-07. The former centre-back spent nearly a decade of his playing career at Juventus, during which they won Serie A twice and reached the final of the Champions League.
Tudor guided Juventus to a fourth-place finish in Serie A last season and secured qualification for the Champions League. But the club’s form took a downturn last month after winning their first three league games. Juve drew five successive matches in all competitions before slumping to three losses in a week to Como, Real Madrid and Lazio.
“I think we prepared for the match in the right way, but we’re still missing something,” Tudor said after Sunday’s loss at Lazio. “There’s no need to dramatise the situation, we’re all responsible for this difficult period.”
This is the first time Juventus have changed their manager before November in a season since 1969, when Luis Carniglia was replaced by Ercole Rabitti.
Juventus, who host Udinese on Wednesday, have failed to score in their last four matches and sit eighth in the Serie A table, six points behind leaders Napoli.
