Fabio Grosso, World Champion with Italy in 2006, named new Brescia coach
Fabio Grosso, 41, who coached Verona in the 2018-19 season, has been appointed as the new coach of Brescia. The team fired Eugenio Corini on Sunday due to poor results, with the team currently in 18th place in Serie A.
Grosso's mission is to turn around a team that has suffered seven defeats in ten matches, including the most recent loss to Hellas Verona on Sunday, a match overshadowed by racist insults towards their star forward, Mario Balotelli.
Fabio Grosso is the new coach of Brescia Calcio.
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Corini, 49, took over as Brescia coach at the beginning of the 2018-2019 season, which saw the team promoted to the top tier. However, he could not survive the team's fifth defeat in the last six league matches.
The new coach, Grosso, a former left back for Inter and Juventus, among others, conducted his first training session on Tuesday. He will be on the bench for the home match against Torino on Saturday. AFP