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ROME -- Former Lazio coach Stefano Pioli was hired by struggling Inter Milan on Tuesday, replacing the fired Frank de Boer and tasked with restoring the 18-time Serie A champions to respectability. Wholesale Real Nike Zoom .Inter announced that it signed Pioli to coach through next season and that he will be introduced on Thursday.Besides Lazio, the 51-year-old Pioli previously coached his hometown club Parma plus Chievo Verona, Palermo and Bologna in Serie A. In 218 matches as a Serie A coach, his teams have a record of 73 wins, 62 draws and 83 losses.He seems to me to be a logical choice, former Inter president Massimo Moratti said. Hes a coach who knows Italian soccer and who has always made his clubs play well.De Boer was fired last week after Inter lost seven of 14 matches in all competitions.Inters youth squad coach, Stefano Vecchi, had been given temporary control of the senior team for a 2-1 loss at Southampton in the Europa League on Thursday -- leaving the Nerazzurri last in their group -- and a 3-0 win over last-place Crotone on Sunday in Serie A.Inter is in ninth place in the Italian league, 13 points behind leader Juventus.Piolis debut will come in the derby against AC Milan on Nov. 20.Considered the next in a long-line of Italian tacticians, Pioli was considered the safest choice after a long weekend of meetings and interviews conducted by Inter management -- even though he has never coached a major club.Other coaches reported to have interviewed for the job included Marcelino, Italian great Gianfranco Zola and the well-traveled Guus Hiddink.Big Italian clubs rarely hold interviews for coaches in the public manner that Inter did, which sparked perplexity among the clubs supporters.I never held any casting interviews but I observed (coaches) on my own, Moratti said. Theyre different systems but its not like one way is right and the other is wrong. Its a transparent method to make a well-informed choice.In Piolis first season at Lazio, he led the Rome club to a third-place finish. He was fired by Lazio in April after a 4-1 derby loss to Roma.As a player, Pioli was a center back for Juventus, Hellas Verona and Fiorentina.While financial details were not announced, the Gazzetta dello Sport reported that Pioli will earn 1.4 million euros ($1.5 million) for the remainder of this season and nearly 2 million euros ($2.2 million) for next season.De Boer was hired less than two weeks before the season began following the unexpected resignation of Roberto Mancini, who reportedly wanted more control over the transfer market and clashed with Suning, the Chinese retail giant that took control of 70 percent of Inter in June.Inter fans have blamed the clubs complicated global management structure for the teams troubles.The club president is Erick Thohir, an Indonesian entrepreneur who purchased Inter from the Moratti family three years ago and who now has 30 percent of the ownership after the recent restructuring.Michael Bolingbroke, an Englishman who formerly worked at Manchester United, resigned his position as CEO on Monday.And there are five Chinese representatives on the clubs nine-member board of directors -- Ren Jun, Mi Xin, Liu Jun, Yang Yang and Zhang Kangyang.During Inters win over Crotone, supporters displayed banners that read, Shame on the management, and, Thanks Frank, youre paying for errors that were not yours.Pioli becomes Inters ninth coach since Jose Mourinho led the club to a treble in 2010. The others were Rafa Benitez, Leonardo, Gian Piero Gasperini, Claudio Ranieri, Andrea Stramaccioni, Walter Mazzarri, Mancini and De Boer.Former AC Milan, Inter and Juventus coach Alberto Zaccheroni also labeled Pioli the best choice.He has shown over the last few years to be the smartest coach with the most ideas, Zaccheroni told Rai state radio. Pioli knows the Italian league. Inter players are in need of certainties right now, and a coach like Pioli can provide them.---Andrew Dampf on Twitter: www.twitter.com/asdampf ;Clearance Nike Zoom Shoes . The (11-11-4) Jets are seventh in the Central Division with 26 points. Fifth place Dallas and sixth-seeded Nashville also have 26 points, but the Stars have three games in hand on Winnipeg while Nashville has two. Cheap Nike Zoom For Sale . The showiest items on Calgarys lot were forwards Mike Cammalleri and Lee Stempniak. Both will be unrestricted free agents this summer. http://www.nikezoomcheap.com/ . This should be celebrated because it will not always be this way. With the amount of money given to players by their clubs these days, it is a wonder that so many of those teams allow the sport to continue to take away many of their assets so they can play for a different team in the middle of their season. Only one statistic about Greg Inglis concerns Queensland coach Kevin Walters ahead of Wednesdays State of Origin III - game No.30.On paper, Inglis is having a quiet series.He may be Origins leading try scorer but the powerhouse centre has failed to register a line break let alone a four pointer in 2016.However, Walters is convinced a milestone will bring the best out of Inglis - and Queensland in game three in Sydney.Inglis will become the ninth Queenslander - and just 10th overall - to join the 30 Origin club, featuring current teammates Cameron Smith (a record 38), Johnathan Thurston (35 straight) and Nate Myles (30).Walters said it would be a bonus if Inglis added to his record try tally of 17 in game three.But the Maroons mentor was more concerned with Inglis savouring his landmark game.It would be nice if he got one (try) but the boys need to make sure his 30th is as special as his first one, Walters said.We know how much he loves putting the Maroons jumper on.Inglis, 29, faces the prospect of going try-less in a series for the third time since his 2006 debut.The only series in which he has failed to cross for Queensland were 2008 and 2014.And for the first time siince his 2006 breakthrough Inglis may finish a series without registering a line break. Nike Zoom Shoes From China. nglis has a record 28 Origin line breaks after eclipsing Mal Meninga (27) last year.But Walters was only worried about what he saw from Inglis on the Maroons training paddock this week.He is big, hes fast and hes strong - thats all I have seen, Walters said.Hes an Origin player. He loves that arena.Still, Walters said they would defy what are expected to be greasy ANZ Stadium conditions on Wednesday night and opt for an open game in a bid to involve Inglis more.We will try to play as open as we can - we have some great attacking players, Walters said.I thought Greg Inglis was outstanding in game two - we intend to give him as much possession as we can.A game three victory would seal Queenslands fifth series whitewash - and put Inglis in another elite Origin club.He is aiming to become just the fifth player in Origin history to be involved in 20 wins.The other members are all Queensland teammates - captain Smith, Thurston, Myles and Sam Thaiday. ' ' '
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