L.Spalletti extended the contract with "Roma" © EuroFootball.com

As reported by the club, the head coach of the team Luciano Spalletti has extended his contract until 2011.

The 47-year-old strategist took over the club at the beginning of last season. Currently, his team holds the 2nd place in the highest Italian league. With 13 victories in 19 matches, the "Roma" team is 9 points behind Milan's "Inter" and is 4 points ahead of the "Palermo" club.

L. Spalletti has a lot of experience in Italian football - in the seasons 1993-1994 and 1995-1998 the strategist led the "Empoli" club, in 1998-1999 "Sampdoria", in the 1999-2000 season the "Venezia" team, and has also worked with "Udinese" and "Ancona" teams.

Under L. Spalletti's leadership, the team that reached the Champions League round of 16 will try to advance to the next stage by defeating the French champions "Lyon" on February 21 and March 6.