He was never as good as the guy he was named after, but Eusebio Di Francesco was a descent midfielder and a vital part of that dazzling Roma that won Italian Serie A in 2001. Di Francesco even earned himself a few appearances with the Azurri back in the day, but his coaching career is nowhere near the levels of his previous playing heights.After an astonishing success with then-unknown Sassuolo and solid two seasons in the dugout of the very AS Roma that followed, he has fallen into slow but steady decline.Eusebio Di Francesco, who led Roma to the Champions League semi-final in 2018, is the first managerial casualty of the Serie A season 🇮🇹 He is dismissed by Hellas after 3 consecutive defeats. https://t.co/htokq9TT2M pic.twitter.com/ttLLzUNwbg— Matthew Clark (@MattClark_08) September 14, 2021 On 7 October 2019, he left his next job at Sampdoria, with the slot in the last place in the Serie A table and six losses in seven league games. Subsequently, he went to Cagliari, but his six-month tenure ended the same way in February 2021. Finally, he was appointed as the new coach of Hellas Verona in June, signing a two-year contract. But it lasted, as we said, only three games.##EDITORS_CHOICE##Nailed to the rock bottom of the league, the club decided to say a farewell to Di Francesco, whose coaching flaws have taken their definite toll.After this, it will be almost impossible for him to find a decent job among the top clubs.
