The elegant Mancini… Will he return the Saudi national team to the Asian throne?
He wears a formal suit and does not lose his elegance for which he is known. He appears with styled hair and a scarf that he puts on his neck sometimes when the weather is cold, and he is characterized by great calmness on the bench line. He is Italian Roberto Mancini, who appeared twice in a different image, but remained stuck in the minds of Manchester City fans. and his country’s national team (Italy).
The Saudi national team started its preparatory camp on Sunday in Newcastle (Saudi Federation)
Mancini has a milestone in his experience with Manchester City; As he led him to achieve the English Premier League title after an absence of nearly 44 years, in a breathtaking match after his team was delayed until the last minutes 2-1, to explode with anger, but this anger quickly turned into madness after dramatic events that witnessed Bosnian Dzeko scoring the equalizer in the 91st minute before Aguirre scored the winning goal in the 94th minute and awarded the title to City.
The second shot was more emotional when he led his country (Italy) to achieve the Euro 2020 European Nations Cup title after an absence of 52 years, in a match in which England won at Wembley Stadium via penalty kicks, Mancini shed tears after the final whistle and the fans in the streets of Rome and Milan burst into tears. And the screams, with joy in embracing the title after a confrontation that raised a lot of anxiety in the English stronghold there at the famous Wembley Stadium, and the famous newspaper “The Guardian” wrote at the time: Mancini dedicates tears to all of Italy after the victory.
Mancini embraced his companion, Vialli, who was working as an assistant to him, and the two burst into tears that broke the coach’s calmness in a snapshot that remained immortal for Mancini himself, especially after Vialli left office to start his treatment journey with cancer, before his death early this year.
Mancini has a difficult responsibility to return Green to the podiums (Reuters)
Mancini is going through a new experience for him; As he is training the Saudi national team a few months before the start of the 2023 Asian Nations Cup, which will be held in the Qatari capital, Doha, early next year.
The Saudis hope that Mancini will repeat his rich experience in Manchester City and the Italy national team with the Saudi green and lead him to achieve the Asian Cup title for the fourth time in its history, and the first time after an absence of nearly 27 years. The last Asian title won by the Saudi national team was in 1996, despite reaching the 2007 final, but losing the match against Iraq.
“I am not a magician.” With these words, Mancini commented about the great ambitions that accompanied his arrival before the start of the Asian Championship, but he added in the press conference: We have distinguished talents, and we can achieve our goals with distinguished work, explaining that achieving the next Asian Cup title is one of his ambitions that he seeks.
The generation that scored a historic result for the Saudi national team in the 2022 World Cup that was held in Qatar did not change, and Argentina won in one of the biggest World Cup surprises in its history. Mancini included the majority of the names present in that confrontation, with the exception of Commander Salman Al-Faraj, who was absent from the Italian list in the first appearance.
The Italian coach, who was known to include young names in the teams he leads, as happened with Italy, was not able to watch more Saudi Professional League matches due to his late attendance, but he watched previous recordings and attended a number of the meeting.
Mancini bears a great task on his shoulders, as the Saudi fans aspire to see their country’s national team hold the Asian title that has been absent for many years, especially in light of the football excellence in Saudi Arabia and the possession of distinguished names at the continental level such as Salem Al-Dosari, Muhammad Kanno, Yasser Al-Shahrani, Sultan Al-Ghanam and the rest of the distinguished names.
In an article published by Marco Amelia, the former goalkeeper of the Italian national team, through the newspaper “The Guardian”, in which he mentioned some details of what Mancini had done since he took over the task, and wrote at the beginning: He removed the rubble, from day one Mancini was clear about his style, the goal was to make everyone All Italians rediscover their love for the national team. It was necessary to rediscover the morale of the Azzurri after many difficult years. This is the secret of the charming Italian team, adding: Anyone who was called up by Mancini played with this spirit and desire to make Italians fall in love with the team again. other.
He added, Amelia, who moved in his experiences as a player between a number of clubs, including Rome, Genoa, Milan and Chelsea, England: It was as if Italian football had suffered a disaster and Mancini removed the rubble, adding: Mancini reminds me of Jose Mourinho, who I used to live in Chelsea, the same way he manages The team has very strong and direct relationships with the players.
Marco Amelia said: Mancini ruled out a lot of good players, but the selection was made from the perspective of a serious and tightly knit group, a real family, as happened to us in 2006. I still remember the spirit and unity of that team. We won the World Cup over France in Berlin and after 15 years we are all still. In touch with each other in WhatsApp groups, I’m sure Mancini’s players will feel the same love for each other for years.
Mancini, who was born on November 27, 1964 in a devout Catholic family in the old town of Jesse, loved football since childhood, played in the county clubs, and his “passion” for football forced his parents to approve him to become a football player until he succeeded in achieving his dream and represented his country. Italy during the years 1984-1994 when he retired from international football, but he remained a player until the beginning of the new millennium and represented several clubs, including Lazio, Sampdoria and Leicester City.
Mancini has an amazing number with the Italian national team, as he took over his leadership in 61 matches, won 37 matches, drew 15 matches and received nine defeats, and he is the owner of the longest consecutive winning streak in the world with an average of 37 matches.
The elegant coach loves victories and hates failures. When he was nine years old, he became very frustrated at losing a table tennis match, and threw the racket at his cousin who shared the game with him. Before the 1994 World Cup, which witnessed the first appearance of the Saudi national team in international stadiums, Mancini got angry with his coach, who did not He involved him and decided to retire internationally, but continued to play for ten years after that.
2023-09-04 22:27:23
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