ROME, March 23 - Lowly Serie A club Modena have
named Gianfranco Bellotto as the replacement for sacked coach
Alberto Malesani.
Malesani became the seventh Serie A coach this season to
lose his job following Modena's 2-1 defeat to fellow strugglers
Reggina at the weekend.
Bellotto's previous experience includes spells in Serie B
with Sampdoria and Venezia but he has never coached in the top
flight.
"The chance to coach in Serie A doesn't come twice in one's
life. I'll try to make the most of it," Bellotto was quoted as
saying in La Gazzetta dello Sport on Tuesday.
The 55-year-old faces a near-impossible task to turn results
round quickly at the club, which has slipped to 15th place in
the division and has not won a league match since early
November.
Modena's next Serie A match is against Italian champions
Juventus on Sunday, followed by tough tests against leaders AC
Milan, Brescia and AS Roma.