Juventus have officially appointed Filippo Fusco to oversee Under-23 and Under-19 teams, as well as players who are out on loan.

The former Foggia, Bologna and Hellas Verona technical director was brought in this afternoon.

“The Football Teams Area of ​​Juventus, part of the Sport Area directed by the Chief Football Officer Fabio Paratici, have today added Filippo Fusco, who assumes the role of 2nd Teams Area Manager, reporting directly to Federico Cherubini, Head of Football Teams and Technical Areas,” read a statement.

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Ex-Sampdoria fan favourite Antonio Cassano “offered himself to Genoa, but he was on a downward spiral,” revealed President Enrico Preziosi.

The forward has still not retired, but had several attempts at a comeback and abandoned them within days at Hellas Verona and Virtus Entella.

Incredibly, he even considered crossing the city to Samp’s arch rivals Genoa.

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Hellas Verona earned a massive win away to Benevento, as Marco Silvestri saved Massimo Coda’s penalty, leapfrogging Le Streghe into fifth place.

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Benevento 0-1 Verona

Matos 51 (V)

Sent off: A Costa 49 (B), Balkovec 84 (V)

Saved penalty: M Coda 55 (B)

Cremonese 0-0 Cittadella

Lecce 0-0 Perugia

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Palermo fought back for a 1-1 draw away to Hellas Verona after a protest from home fans at the Stadio Bentegodi.

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The Friday evening match took place in front of largely empty stands, as Hellas ultras protested against the club.

Verona 1-1 Palermo

Di Carmine 32 (V), Rajkovic 67 (P)

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Palermo left it very late, but surged to the top of the table, while Ascoli overturned Benevento and Cremonese stalled Verona.

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Benevento 1-2 Ascoli

Coda 2 (B), Volta og 19 (A), Ninkovic 47 (A)

Foggia 2-2 Brescia

Mazzeo 6 (F), Torregrossa 14 (B), Gerbo 52 (F), Tremolada 83 (B)

Sent off: Camporese 62 (F)

Padova 0-0 Cittadella

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Hellas Verona were pegged back to a 1-1 home draw by Cremonese, ruining their hopes of taking top spot in Serie B.

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Verona 1-1 Cremonese

Caracciolo 3 (V), Arini 32 (C)

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Antonio Cassano has retired from football – again – but had time for another typically no-filter interview. “All the players suck nowadays.”

The 36-year-old had only joined Virtus Entella for training a week ago and was yet to sign a contract, but this morning released a statement confirming he had decided to call it a day.

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Hellas Verona risk losing the Serie B leadership after a shock 2-0 home defeat at the hands of Lecce.

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This result allowed Lecce to climb into second place, only one point behind, but Pescara can leapfrog Verona with a positive result this weekend.

Verona 0-2 Lecce

La Mantia 45 (L), Mancosu 69 (L)

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Palermo fought back from a goal down to conquer Foggia, while Giampaolo Pazzini bagged a hat-trick as Verona crushed Carpi 4-1.

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Foggia 1-2 Palermo

Kragl 37 (F), Salvi 54 (P), Trajkovski 62 (P)

Salernitana 3-0 Padova

Di Tacchio 26 (S), Casasola 65 (S), D Anderson 69 (S)

Verona 4-1 Carpi

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