When Cagliari fired Coach Davide Ballardini on Sunday he became the 15th coaching casualty in the 20-team Serie A this season. Cagliari president Massimo Cellinohas now fired his third coach in less than seven months.
The sacking of Ballardini meant there have now been more coaching changes in Italy this season than in England (four), Germany (six)and France (four) put together. Only Spain’s La Liga has a comparable record with nine sackings.
Behind Cagliari, which is looking for its fourth coach this season, Palermo, Cesena andNovara are already on their third while six other clubs have fired the man they began this season with.