Udinese coach Kosta Runjaic is the latest managerial casualty in Italy's top flight this season, following the departures of five other coaches. (EPA Images pic)ROME: Struggling Udinese became the fifth Serie A club to change coaches this season on Monday after sacking Kosta Runjaic and appointing Paolo Zanetti until the end of the campaign.
Runjaic paid the price for a dismal run of form that saw Udinese lose seven of their last eight league matches, plunging the club into the relegation places after successive mid-table finishes in the previous two seasons.
Monday's decision followed a heavy 5-2 home defeat to early-season title challengers Roma at the weekend.
"The club and the coach part ways after more than two years marked by the achievement of important objectives," Udinese said in a statement.
