Juventus sack Sarri after Champions League exit
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VIDEO SHOWS: RECENT AND FILE FOOTAGE OF MAURIZIO SARRI, FILE FOOTAGE OF SIMONE INZAGHI, FILE FOOTAGE OF MAURICIO POCHETTINO
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1. JUVENTUS' NEW COACH MAURIZIO SARRI ARRIVING FOR UNVEILING
2. HASHTAG ''WELCOMESARRI'' ON BOARD
3. SARRI POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPH WITH JUVENTUS PRESIDENT ANDREA AGNELLI (SECOND FROM RIGHT), VICE PRESIDENT PAVEL NEDVED (FAR RIGHT) AND CHIEF FOOTBALL OFFICER, FABIO PARATICI (FAR LEFT)
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4. SARRI WATCHING ON DURING JUVENTUS TRAINING SESSION
5. CRISTIANO RONALDO TRAINING WITH TEAM MATES
6. SARRI WATCHING ON
7. TRAINING SESSION IN PROGRESS
8. SARRI WATCHING ON
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9. (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) JUVENTUS COACH, MAURIZIO SARRI, SPEAKING AFTER CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DEFEAT BY OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS, SAYING:
"You are asking me to tell you what I would say to the president, and I think it is a bit too much, honestly. I would like to speak to the presidents first. I don't expect anything, what do you want me to expect? I go home furious tonight, because we were knocked out. In the next days we will talk and there will be evaluations and everybody will speak his opinion."
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10. VARIOUS OF SARRI (RED SHIRT, WEARING HAT) WATCHING ON DURING JUVENTUS TRAINING SESSION
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11. SARRI WATCHING ON WITH ASSISTANT COACHES DURING JUVENTUS TRAINING SESSION
12. RONALDO DOING EXERCISES
13. TEAM WARMING UP
14. RONALDO DOING STRETCHES
15. GOALKEEPER GIANLUIGI BUFFON DOING STRETCHES
16. RONALDO DOING EXERCISES
17. PLAYERS RUNNING
18. RONALDO WALKING, GIVING A SALUTE TO FANS
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19. TWO STILL PHOTOGRAPHS OF SARRI POSING WITH THE ITALIAN SERIE A TROPHY
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20. LAZIO HEAD COACH, SIMONE INZAGHI, ENTERS NEWS CONFERENCE WITH LAZIO MIDFIELDER, SENAD LULIC
21. INZAGHI AND LULIC AT NEWS CONFERENCE
22. INZAGHI AT NEWS CONFERENCE
23. INZAGHI SPEAKING AT NEWS CONFERENCE
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24. VARIOUS OF THEN-TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR MANAGER, MAURICIO POCHETTINO, AT A TRAINING SESSION
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25. POCHETTINO AND THEN MEMBERS OF HIS BACKROOM STAFF WALKING OUT FOR TRAINING
26. POCHETTINO
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27. POCHETTINO JUGGLING BALL
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28. VARIOUS OF POCHETTINO WITH TOTTENHAM GOALKEEPER AND CAPTAIN, HUGO LLORIS
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29. POCHETTINO TAKING PART IN A TRAINING DRILL
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30. POCHETTINO WALKING OVER TO TOTTENHAM FIRST TEAM COACH MIGUEL D'AGOSTINO
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31. POCHETTINO SIGNING AUTOGRAPH
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32. POCHETTINO WALKING
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33. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF POCHETTINO LOOKING DEJECTED DURING TOTTENHAM'S 3-0 PREMIER LEAGUE LOSS AGAINST BRIGHTON
STORY: Serie A club Juventus have sacked coach Maurizio Sarri after one season in charge, following the team's elimination from the Champions League in the round of 16 on Friday, the Turin club said in a statement.
The 61-year-old was dismissed despite leading Juventus to the Serie A title two weeks ago, their ninth in a row.
"Juventus Football Club announces that Maurizio Sarri has been relieved of his post as coach of the First Team," the club said on its website.
"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," it added.
Sarri had been under pressure since his side lost to Napoli on penalties in the final of the Coppa Italia in June.
Juventus have become so dominant in Serie A in the last decade that winning the domestic league is regarded as almost an obligation, while the Champions League - which the side have not won since 1996 - is regarded as their main target.
Lazio coach, Simone Inzaghi and former Tottenham Hotspur manager, Maurico Pochettino are the favourites to succeed Sarri according to media reports.
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