From winning the European Championship to missing the World Cup for two consecutive years, Italy took less than a year. Mancini from the legendary meritorious coach, to the Italian sinner, why did not face the north Macedonian iron barrel formation without the center Balotelli who played well in the Turkish Super League, it turned out that Inmobile had no fulcrum and could not fight a hard battle. Italian fans didn't even have the chance to compete with Portugal for a ticket to the 2022 Qatar World Cup in Group C of the World Preliminary Tournament before they fell in front of the "nobody" North Macedonia.
For the post-70s and post-80s fans, there is a special situation for the football "male model team" Italy, because many old fans have begun to watch Serie A from the time of the seven sisters of Serie A, and have begun to pay attention to Italy, Huang Jianxiang's sentence "great Italian left-back", it can be said that for Italy and Serie A, old fans have special feelings. Serie A, which had "seven strong teams" at that time, was also called "Little World Cup" by fans, and at that time Serie A was the first of the five major leagues, and there was no one.
Maradona, Van Basten, Baggio, Ronaldo, Batistuta, Vieira, Inzaghi, Shepchenko, Piero, Totti, Trezeguet, Crespo, etc., can not be said to be the Italian stars, it can be said that the seven sisters of Serie A are full of flowers and a hundred schools of contention. Once brilliant, to now Italy has not been able to participate in the World Cup for two consecutive years, and the weakening of Serie A is fundamental.
It is no accident that this season's Serie A was wiped out in Italy before the champions league quarterfinals and did not qualify for the World Cup, and now Serie A is on the same level as Ligue 1, not as good as the Premier League La Liga Bundesliga. Now Serie A has become synonymous with the slow pace of the game, and it has also become the best place for veterans to "retire" and frustrated stars to regain their state. The slow pace has allowed many Italian players to go further defensively in the game.
Looking back, Italy can win the 2020 European championship, which is really Mancini's great luck. Another point has to do with Chiesa's sharp breakthrough. Now that Chiesa is season-reimbursed and the card is free, Italy has once again fallen into the World Preliminary European Championship play-offs, missing the World Cup for the fourth time in two consecutive years & team history.
Let's talk about your own opinion, Italy has not won the World Cup for two consecutive years, is it related to the weakening of Serie A?