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Monday 14 July, 2008 |
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Lecce’s Mario Beretta and Reggina Coach Nevio Orlandi are the bookies’ favourites to win the 2008-09 edition of the dreaded sack race.
Serie A’s Presidents were characteristically trigger-happy last term and Livorno’s hapless tactician Fernando Orsi was the first to be axed last October.
This time around, Lecce are expected to struggle and new boss Beretta, who guided Siena to safety last season, has been backed by the bookies as the first casualty.
Reggina’s inexperienced Coach Orlandi managed to lead the Calabrians to salvation last time around, but is equally under threat in the eyes of the experts.
It is around 15/2 that Massimiliano Allegri’s maiden Serie A voyage with Cagliari will end in shipwreck, but he is safer than Catania’s Walter Zenga, who is just 11/4 to end his season early.
Roma mastermind Luciano Spalletti is listed as the least likely to leave his post, while Jose Mourinho is 50/1 to have a messy divorce with Inter.
Carlo Ancelotti’s job at Milan is deemed secure at 40/1, as is Claudio Ranieri’s at Juventus who is listed at the same odds.
Sack race odds in full:
Nevio Orlandi (Reggina) 13/5
Mario Beretta (Lecce) 13/5
Walter Zenga (Catania) 11/4
Marco Giampaolo (Siena) 7/2
Beppe Iachini (Chievo) 4/1
Daniele Arrigoni (Bologna) 11/2
Gianni De Biasi (Torino) 13/2
Massimiliano Allegri (Cagliari) 15/2
Gigi Del Neri (Atalanta) 14/1
Stefano Colantuono (Palermo) 16/1
Gian Piero Gasperini (Genoa) 20/1
Walter Mazzarri (Sampdoria) 20/1
Pasquale Marino (Udinese) 25/1
Edy Reja (Napoli) 25/1
Delio Rossi (Lazio) 25/1
Cesare Prandelli (Fiorentina) 33/1
Carlo Ancelotti (Milan) 40/1
Claudio Ranieri (Juventus) 40/1
Jose Mourinho (Inter) 50/1
Luciano Spalletti (Roma) 100/1
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