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AS Roma have appointed former captain Danielle De Rossi as head coach until the end of the season.
His appointment follows the sacking of Jose Mourinho on Tuesday.
Mourinho was sacked with Roma ninth in Serie A and five points off the Champions League places.
Things deteriorated further when lthey were knocked out of the Coppa Italia by city rivals, Lazio.
“We believe that the leadership and ambition that have always characterised him can be decisive in chasing the objectives that the team has ahead of it until end of the season,” said Roma’s owners Dan and Ryan Friedkin.
De Rossi, who won the World Cup in 2006 with Italy, said: “The emotion of being able to sit on our bench is indescribable, everyone knows what Roma is for me, but the work that awaits all of us has already taken over.
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