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Mandorlini replaces Juric at Genoa

Having lost 5-0 to Pescara, the division's bottom team, the Serie A strugglers have acted quickly to change their manager

Genoa have appointed Andrea Mandorlini after sacking Ivan Juric in the wake of a 5-0 thrashing at the hands of Serie A's bottom team Pescara.

The Rossoblu have not won since beating Fiorentina 1-0 on December 15, losing seven and drawing two of their subsequent nine league games, as well as bowing out of the Coppa Italia.

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That poor run of form has seen them slip to 16th in the table, and while they remain 11 points clear of the relegation zone, a disastrous performance away to Pescara - a team whose only previous victory this season was awarded to them on a technicality - sealed the fate of former Genoa player Juric, who had replaced Gian Piero Gasperini in June last year.