On March 25, Beijing time, in the World Preliminary Tournament play-offs, Italy lost 0-1 to North Macedonia, and failed to participate in the World Cup for two consecutive times. As the honoured manager who won the European Championship, Mancini may resign. According to The Italian Sky Sports, Cannavaro may succeed Mancini as Italian manager.
After the upset and missed the World Cup, Mancini was disappointed, he said: "We should not have played in the play-offs in the first place, the European Cup was the best experience of my life, but the World Cup was my biggest disappointment. Needless to say, it's football, unbelievable. ”
Judging from Mancini's remarks, he may have some intention of not wanting to continue. Subsequently, the president of the Italian Football Association, Gravina, publicly expressed the hope that Mancini would stay in office. That is, Mancini will not be fired. But once Mancini himself resigns, who will be replaced? The answer could be Cannavaro.
At present, there are not many famous coaches in Italy, and Cannavaro has not worked since returning to Italy. Cannavaro is not surprising that he is italy's most recent captain to win the World Cup, studied under Lippi, and has been a coach for many years.
However, Cannavaro's biggest problem is that he has never proved himself, perhaps the Chinese Super League champion sounds OK, but Cannavaro has never coached in Europe, and whether he can lead the Italian team is worrying, after all, the experience of the Chinese Super League is difficult to apply to the Italian team. Moreover, Ka Shuai briefly coached the Chinese men's football team, and as a result, Cannavaro, who temporarily took the national name, had poor results and quickly bid farewell to this position.
For Italy, the moment of change again may be coming.