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    A longer contract for Phoenix football coach Giancarlo Italiano appears imminent

    A longer contract for Phoenix football coach Giancarlo Italiano appears imminent


    He's currently halfway through a two-year deal, having guided the side to their best season during his maiden year in charge.

    Club general manager David Dome has told AAP Italiano will be rewarded upon return from holiday.

    He first joined the Phoenix as an analyst in 2019 and has said he does not want to coach any other team in the A-League.

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     09 Nov: Wellington Phoenix coach Giancarlo Italiano has accepted that refining the team's much talked about defensive high line will take time
     09 Nov: In Premier League football - leaders Arsenal have dropped points, conceding a stoppage time equaliser to draw 2-all away to Sunderland
     09 Nov: Auckland FC coach Steve Corica's voicing his disagreement with the first of two red cards they copped - despite prevailing in the opening New Zealand derby of the new season in football's A-League
     08 Nov: Wellington Phoenix coach Giancarlo Italiano is backing his side to handle the occasion of tonight's first A-League Kiwi derby of the season against Auckland FC in the capital
     08 Nov: Auckland FC will look to avoid getting caught up in the emotion of tonight's A-League derby against the Phoenix in Wellington
     08 Nov: The Central Coast Mariners have joined Auckland FC at the top of the A-League table with a 1-nil win over the Perth Glory
     07 Nov: Concerns from Wellington Phoenix coach Giancarlo Italiano over the A-League's officiating following a season-ending injury to one of his key attackers
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