Venezia Dismiss Coach Stroppa, Poised to Hire Nicola

Venezia gave coach Giovanni Stroppa one final chance against Atalanta, but the Lagunari suffered their sixth consecutive loss, and the management pulled the plug on the coach, reaching an agreement with Davide Nicola, Sky reports.

The Arancioneroverdi splurged on a few foreigners in the summer, but that hasn’t translated into early results, even though their performances have generally been acceptable.

With the relatively quick firing of Stroppa, Venezia avoided the same mistake they made in their previous two Serie A campaigns. They took too long to move on from Paolo Zanetti and Eusebio Di Francesco and got relegated.