Monza dethroned a world champion

Monza, who have been bottom of Serie A since Sunday, sacked their coach today, the legendary former defender Alessandro Nesta, a day after losing to Juventus (1-2). A defeat that, combined with Venezia’s victory over Cagliari (2-1), relegated the Lombard team to last place in the Italian championship standings.

“Monza has announced that it has relieved Alessandro Nesta of his duties as first team coach,” the club owned by the Berlusconi family announced in a brief statement.

A few hours later, in a second statement, Monza reported of the appointment of Salvatore Bocchetti, who at 38 years old signed a contract until June 2027.

Nesta, a member of the Italian team that won the world championship in 2006, took charge of Monza in July. replaced Raffaele Palladino, taken for this season by Fiorentina. He is getting his first experience in Serie A as a coach.

Just one win in 17 days

But since it arrived, the Monza He won only one match in Serie A and with almost ten points after the 17th match day, five behind Verona, 17th and marking permanence. Sunday’s loss was their third in a row and nine games without a win.

Acquired in 2018 by Silvio Berlusconiwho died in 2023, through the Fininvest holding company, the Lombard team achieved the first promotion to Serie A in its history in 2022 and this is the third consecutive season in the elite.

This is the relay

Bocchetti, Nesta’s replacement, never directed in a Serie A team as head coach, although in 2022 he took charge of Verona as interim coach when he was part of the technical staff of the first team.

In fact, after hanging up his boots, it is in the categories of Verona where his coaching career begins in 2021.

As a player, Bochetti was a center back, played five games for the Italian team and had a short spell at Milan.