Reporter Han Bing reported that Italy once again missed the World Cup, and even Mancini, who just led the team to win the European Championship last year, must face great pressure to leave class. As veteran Chiellini has said, the failure to qualify for the World Cup hit Italy too hard and someone must be responsible for it, and this person is obviously referring to manager Mancini. Shortly after Italy's exit, Sky Italia had revealed that the Italian Football Association should have started the process of changing managers, including Cannavaro, Ranieri and even Ancelotti on the list of possible candidates.
Of course, the way the Italian Football Association changed the coach was to hope that Mancini would take the initiative to resign. Because Mancini renewed his contract with the Italian Football Association until the summer of 2026 last year, if the Italian Football Association now fires Mancini, it will face a total of up to 25 million euros in compensation, which is obviously simply unbearable for the Italian Football Association. Italian Football Association president Gravina also supported Mancini before the World Cup play-offs, but now I don't know how it feels, and the more than 4-year long contract has transferred the initiative to change the coach to Mancini.
After Italy were eliminated, the 57-year-old European Cup-winning coach said he needed a few days to think about (his future). Italy has never had a coach in its history who can stay after a fiasco in the World Cup, and Mancini knows how difficult it will be to stay. According to sky tv in Italy, he will soon take the initiative to resign, leaving his last dignity. Of course, Sport Milan believes that Mancini also has the consideration of continuing to coach, with the European Nations League that will start in June and the European Cup in Germany three years later, to prove his ability again.
Although Mancini has the heart to prove himself, the whole country in Italy is discussing the complete reconstruction of the national team, and the new coach is the focus of heated discussion in the Italian media and fans. Italian media believe that if the Italian Football Association determines to start looking for a new coach, there will be three possibilities. One of them is a coach who is familiar enough with the Italian football tradition, has a pure "Blues" pedigree and can be determined to change, and Cannavaro, who has been idle in Italy since leaving Guangzhou last year, is considered the first choice.
If the requirements are for a coach who is experienced and can bring quick results to the Italian team, then Carlo Ancelotti, who has soared at Real Madrid this season, is the first choice.
If neither of the first two is available, a local coach with a similar style like Mancini is the third way to follow the rules and regulations to ensure the continuity of the Italian team's technical tactics and team composition, and not to bring huge changes to the blues due to drastic changes.
However, the three models currently seem to be the first and most likely, after all, it is difficult for Ancelotti, who was proud of real madrid, to return to Italy, and Mancini's style has failed and is impossible to continue, and Italian football needs to be completely rebuilt, not on the basis of failure.
Generally optimistic is Cannavaro. One stems from the fact that as Italy's recent hero of the Hercules Cup, Cannavaro's influence on the current Italian players is beyond doubt, and because of the relationship between him and Lippi, he can theoretically bring a new atmosphere to Italian football. Although Cannavaro did not coach in the five major Leagues in Europe recognized by the Italians and won the same honor as Mancini, after all, behind him is Lippi, who had saved the Italian national team before, and people can't forget that when Italian football suffered a "telephone gate" blow 16 years ago, it was Lippi who turned the tide, bringing the Apennines 24-year-old Hercules Cup and saving the Italian football scene that was on the verge of collapse.
As Sacchi said, the European Championship title was just an accident for Italian football, and the crisis in Italian football began with the total collapse from Serie A to youth training after 2010. To this end, Sky Sports also believes that the Italian Football Association may learn the lesson of Mancini, and once again pleaded with Lippi to serve as technical director and join Cannavaro in opening a new era for Italian football. This coaching team is old with new ones, and there may even be Ranieri joining. On the ruins of Italy's failed football, where every effort is needed to rebuild, Lippi and Cannavaro at the helm of the Italian team together may be the best way to do it.