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Catania President Pulvirenti Keeps Faith In Coach Gianluca Atzori

The Etnei chief has insisted the tactician’s job is safe after yesterday’s draw with Napoli.

Nov 8, 2009 10:37:30 AM

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Catania President Antonino Pulvirenti has no intention of parting with coach, Gianluca Atzori following their brilliant display against Napoli.

Catania ended a run of three straight defeats in Serie A yesterday by holding the in-form Campani to a goalless draw at the Massimino.

The Elefanti bossed the game for large spells but their dominance went unrewarded, as their strikers missed a host of gilt-edged chances, and Pulvirenti has vowed to stick with the embattled tactician.

“You should tell me which president would sack his own coach after a game like this,” he explained on Sky Sport Italia.

“We played a perfect game and goals were the only thing we lacked.”

Catania had been linked with a number of tacticians over the past few days, namely Sinisa Mihajlovic.

“I can’t deny anything,” added Pulvirenti. “It’s only normal that a president starts looking around during a difficult moment.

“But now we’ll continue this way. We must hang on and get out of this dark period.”

Vince Masiello, Goal.com