a Few hours after Napoli went ahead in the Champions League, was Carlo Ancelotti sacked as coach.

Napoli have fired head coach Carlo Ancelotti, it shall notify the club late on Tuesday night on Twitter.

- Napoli has decided to deprive mr. Carlo Ancelotti on the role as head coach for the first team.

- the Friendship, beundringen and the mutual respect between the club, its president, Aurelio De Laurentiis and Carlo Ancelotti is intact, writes the club in the short message.

a Few hours earlier, Napoli secured their advancement to the round of the Champions League with a victory at 4-0 at home against Genk.

the Victory handed to a second-place finish in the group, which Liverpool won after a victory of 2-0 over Salzburg.

After Tuesday's victory told Ancelotti that he should hold a meeting with Napoli-the president on Wednesday.

- I hope that I can be, but it is a decision that the president must take. The team has qualities, as it has shown in the Champions League, but not in the league.

- They have not said anything to me. I braced myself for the fight. Will I speak up? I have never done before, said Ancelotti, according to Reuters.

the Results in Serie A have been disappointing for Napoli, which is on the seventh place in the Italian league after 15 rounds.

After a defeat 1-2 at home to Bologna 1. december was the sixth league match in a row without victory, ordered Ancelotti, the players on the three-day training camp.

Just a month earlier, the players were later punished with a similar action due to poor performance.

At the apartment, it created great unrest, as Aurelio De Laurentiis in rage after the 1-2-defeat at AS Roma 2. november ordered the squad and the boston globe on the "ritiro" - a compulsory training camp and hotel accommodation - in a week.

the Method is widely known in Italian football, when the results fail. Ancelotti aired his disagreement, but fixed into.

When the team few days after they had played 1-1 at home against Salzburg in the Champions League, committed players, however, the mutiny against the president. They refused to rise on the bus, which was transporting them to the hotel again. Instead they took home.

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