Serie A side Cagliari are currently in the league's fourth-to-last position, just two points ahead of the relegation zone.
With three rounds left in Serie A, Cagliari fired manager Walter Mazzari.
Cagliari FC wrote in an official statement that Cagliari Football Club announced that it had dismissed Walter Mazzari as first-team coach.
In Mazzari's original contract with Cagliari, there was a special dismissal clause.
The provisions stipulate that if Cagliari FC sacks Mazzari while the team is still outside the relegation zone, his contract will be extended until 2024.
In the 35th round of Serie A, Cagliari lost 2-1 at home to Verona. That left the team only two points ahead of third-to-last Salenitana. The team may be relegated at any time.
According to the current schedule, Cagliari seems to have smelled the danger of relegation, so it quickly fired Mazzari.
If the reported terms of the contract are true, Mazzari could be paid a handsome sum of money to "lie flat" until 2024.
The club's youth coach, Alessandro Agostini, will be in charge of the team's remaining three hard fights.
In Cagliari's next three games, at least two will require absolute effort. Cagliari will play relegation rivals Salernitana first, with only two points apart, so it's a dead-and-die game.
Next Cagliari needs to face the champions team Inter Milan at home, one of the two teams needs to compete for the title, the other needs to be relegated, so it is also a life-and-death contest.
In the final round of Serie A, Cagliari will face the penultimate Venetian team away.
Supposedly, Venice is determined to be relegated and may not play to the fullest. However, it is not excluded that Venice will do their best to upset in the last game to commemorate what may be their last game in Serie A in a few years.