World Cup
Mancini resigns, Canavaro tops Italy national team list
Italy’s exclusion from the World Cup in Qatar leads Roberto Mancini to the exit door by resigning, despite efforts by the federation president to change his mind. The duo Cannavaro – Lippi approaches the bank.
Roberto Mancini has signed with the Italian national team until 2026 (which he won as a reward for winning Euro 2020) but the jar of World Cup finals exclusion – served up with the shock defeat by Palermo 1-0 to North Macedonia – this is too bitter to endure.
Except for a shocking surprise, he is led to the exit door, where “Mancio” will be sitting on the bench for the last time in the friendly against Turkey next Tuesday (March 29) and then says goodbye with a declaration of resignation.
Italian Football Federation president Gabriele Gravina tried hard to get him to change his mind about staying, but that didn’t seem possible given that Mancini had made his decision and the European champions were already beginning procedures to get him to find successors.
According to reports from the neighboring country, the first favorite for the next matchday of the Squadra Azura is the former captain of the team from 2006 and holder of the Golden Ball in the same year, Fabio Cannavaro, who won the World Cup in Germany Cup with the coach of his team Marcello Lippi, as technical director at his side.
As for alternate cases? Gazzetta dello Sport reports that in the minds of the people of the Italian federation are Gennaro Gattuso and Roberto de Gerbi, while Sportmediaset stressed a few months ago that in the event of non-qualification for the World Cup in Qatar, the cases of Andrea Pirlo , Claudio Ranieri and Stefano Pioli .
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