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Roberto Mancini could have resigned from the coach seat Italy National Team. If that happens, then there are already three strong candidates for his replacement. Anyone?
Not even a year has passed after winning the 2020 European Cup, Italy has had a nightmare after it ran aground in 2022 World Cup Playoffs. Entertaining North Macedonia, Gli Azzurri were beaten 0-1 through an injury time goal.
This is the second time in a row that Italy has failed to qualify for the World Cup, after the 2018 edition with Gianpiero Ventura. At that time, Italy lost to Sweden in the playoff phase and resulted in the dismissal of Ventura.
Unlike Ventura, Mancini is still trusted by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) to handle the team. Mancini is believed to be the right man to bring updates to the squad heading into Euro 2024.
However, Mancini does not want to decide whether to continue or not, because he is still hit by Italy’s failure. If Mancini has to leave, then the FIGC will likely look at these three candidates.
The first is Fabio Cannavaro who was predicted to be Mancini’s successor for a long time. The 48-year-old man has been poor across Asian football, namely Dubai, Saudi Arabia and China. He won the league title with Guangzhou Evegrande.
Italy’s captain when he won the 2006 World Cup is likely to be accompanied by Marcelo Lippi as staff, if he replaces Mancini. Cannavaro is also predicted to return to the three-back formation that has recently been used by Italian clubs.
Apart from Cannavaro, there are Gennaro Gattuso who are considered to have modern training methods. He was able to apply entertaining football with Napoli and AC Milan.
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Gennaro Gattuso is the favorite to be the new coach of the Italian national team Photo: Getty Images/Francesco Pecoraro– |
Gattuso also successfully presented the Coppa Italia trophy for Napoli in 2019/2020. Gattuso is currently unemployed after being sacked by Fiorentina before the 2021/2022 Serie A starts.
The latter is Roberto De Zerbi whose future with Shakhtar Donetsk is in jeopardy, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
 Roberto De Zerbi is one of the candidates to coach the Italian national team Photo: Getty Images/Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno– |
De Zerbi could have terminated his contract sooner and returned to Italy for the safety of his family. During his time in charge of Sassuolo, De Zerbi was known as an attractive coach.
According to detikers, who is suitable to be the new coach? Italy National Team?
(mrp / cas)
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