Brescia keep climbing with win vs. Lecce

Brescia move up to 17th in the table with a 3-0 demolition of Lecce. Watch Serie A on ESPN+.
POS | TEAM | W | D | L | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
16 | Lecce | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 |
17 | Brescia | 4 | 1 | 10 | 13 |
18 | Sampdoria | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
Brescia move up to 17th in the table with a 3-0 demolition of Lecce. Watch Serie A on ESPN+.
Forward Mario Balotelli gave struggling Brescia a 1-0 win at SPAL to lift them off the bottom of the Serie A table on Sunday as Eugenio Corini took charge of the team again a little more than a month after being sacked.
Corini, who lifted Brescia out of Serie B last season, was fired following a defeat at Verona but then rehired after his replacement Fabio Grosso lost all three games in charge and was himself dismissed.
Grosso also dropped maverick forward Balotelli for one match, saying he had...
Mario Balotelli scores Brescia's first goal since Nov. 3 in a 1-0 win over SPAL. Watch Serie A on ESPN+.
Brescia have sacked coach Fabio Grosso after a string of poor results left the northern side bottom of Serie A, the club said in a statement on Monday.
Former Italy international Grosso is being replaced by Eugenio Corini, whom he took over from in early November, Brescia said in a statement.
Brescia, who were beaten 3-0 at home by neighbours Atalanta on Saturday, have seven points from 13 games.
They next face second-bottom SPAL away on Sunday.
The club has recently been under fire for an...
Brescia owner Massimo Cellino has said forward Mario Balotelli can leave the club on a free transfer in January.
Balotelli, who was born in Brescia, joined in the summer but has managed just two goals in six matches with the club rooted to the bottom of Serie A.
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"Mario is sad because he is unable to play his game," Cellino said on the Italian TV show Le Iene. "Fighting for survival in Serie A requires a huge sacrifice and...