Here's one sure way to lose your coaching job: Attack one of your own players. Fiorentina manager former manager Delio Rossi was involved in a physical confrontation with midfielder Adem Ljajic on Wednesday. On Thursday, Rossi was fired. From ESPN Soccernet:
Fiorentina president Andrea Della Valle told Sky Sports in Italy, in quotes reported on the club's official website: "At the end of the match I saw pictures of what happened on the bench when Ljajic was substituted.
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