Hired a mediocre marshal in the first year? The European Cup coach fell to the altar, lost 3 of 4 games, did not win the championship or left class
International football has concluded a new round of national team matchdays, and many national teams have achieved good results in this matchday. There have also been bad results, such as Italy's loss to England and the possibility that the reigning European Championship champions will miss next year's main tournament. And their original coach Mancini has not been much better, since coaching the Saudi national team, Mancini has been difficult to win.
As Italy's hero who won the European Championship two years ago, Mancini's position in the national team was still very solid, and he led the team to the semi-finals of the UEFA Nations League. However, due to the Italian Football Association's interference in Mancini's team, this led the former Manchester City manager to resign directly as manager in a fit of anger, and quickly accepted the Saudi Football Association's invitation to become the manager of the Saudi national team.
The Saudi national team played well at last year's World Cup in Qatar, and although it failed to qualify for the group stage, its defeat over Argentina in the first round was the biggest upset at that time. You must know that Argentina was unbeaten in 36 games at that time, strong as France, Brazil and other teams could not beat the Pampas Eagles, and Saudi Arabia was able to upset Argentina, and even once forced Argentina to the brink of exit, which shows the explosiveness at that time. The only match Argentina lost at last year's World Cup in Qatar was this one.
In order to further the national team achievements, the Saudi Football Association directly invited Mancini to coach, in order to get Mancini, the Saudi Football Association gave the 58-year-old a salary of up to 25 million euros a year. At that time, Lippi coached the national football team with an annual salary of only 23 million euros. Of course, the only thing Saudi Arabia does not lack is money, as long as it can be solved with money, it is not a problem.
However, expensive is not necessarily useful, after Mancini took over, he led the team to a total of 4 matches, against Costa Rica, South Korea, Nigeria and Mali, the result is a poor record of 1 draw and 3 defeats, in other words, Mancini has not led the team to a victory at the time of the Asian Cup qualifiers. And Saudi Arabia has only scored 4 goals in these 4 games and conceded 9 at the same time, which is not satisfactory on either the offensive and defensive ends.
In fact, since the upset defeat of Argentina, Saudi Arabia has not won in warm-up matches in nearly a year, counting the two warm-up games in March, Saudi Arabia's result is 1 draw and 5 defeats. Although the Saudi League summer window introduced many stars of the Stars, this also affected the playing time of Saudi local players to a certain extent, which also led to the strength of the Saudi national team members is not outstanding. The second phase of the Asian Cup qualifiers is about to begin, and next year's Asian Cup will be played in January, with Saudi Arabia aiming for the champion. Predictably, if Mancini fails to lead his team to the World Cup or win the Asian Cup, the likelihood of his dismissal will increase.