Palermo sack Colantuono!
Palermo have sensationally sacked Stefano Colantuono after just one game of the Serie A season and brought in Davide Ballardini.
Trigger-happy President Maurizio Zamparini has been outspoken in savagely criticising Colantuono after the Rosanero's opening defeat against Udinese.
The Sicilians were also sent crashing out of the Coppa Italia by lowly Ravenna and the notoriously impatient Zamparini has pulled the plug.
Zampa sacked Colantuono last November when Palermo were sixth in Serie A but reinstated him towards the end of the season.
The new man at the helm is Ballardini, who led Cagliari to safety with a remarkable second half of the 2007-08 campaign.
The players were told of the news at training this morning and Ballardini will take charge this afternoon.
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