Roberto Mancini and his Azzurro staff – StadioSport.it
Go down effect within the national team, hit hard by the resignation of Roberto Mancini. Another member of the staff leaves.
A pass to detach, a European to conquer and possibly defend, but without the coach who brought Italy to the top of Europe with the Wembley final, won on penalties against the English hosts.
“Mancini has resigned as coach of the national team. The FIGC will evaluate the best option for the Azzurri.” It is the extreme synthesis of an official federal statement that shocked the Italian football world close to August 15th. Two concepts yet to be defined.
Roberto Mancini explained his choice by highlighting some aspects that are not yet entirely clear: his lack of stimuli and some unshared choices, but still remains an unknown: What happened in those seven days from the official announcement of Mancio’s new role (coordinator of all the national teams) to his shocking resignation?
The second concept is in the hands of the FIGC, looking for that best option for the Azzurri which has probably been identified in Luciano Spalletti: champion of Italy with Napoli, a coach free from field constraints, net of a De Laurentiis who wants the payment of the penalty that would unlock the negotiation.
The intrigue
The FIGC, for its part, has not taken any position on the vitriolic words of the number one of Naples for the national affair. President Gravina feels safe: convinced that Spalletti is the right profile for the post Mancini, close to an understanding with the coach from Certaldo, even supported by his own lawyers.
He can very well ignore the harsh words of Aurelio De Laurentiis on the unavoidability of the payment of the clause to free Luciano Spalletti. If he were to be the strong candidate to sit on the national team bench, off to another reshuffle.
After Mancini, Lele Oriali is also considering leaving the national team – stadiosport.it
From old to new
Roberto Mancini, in fact, may not be the only one to leave the national team, according to the Corriere dello Sport, Lele Oriali is also on the verge of taking off his Azzurro suit: the former team manager and manager of Inter, who worked alongside the Mancio, is under contract with the FIGC until the 2026 World Cupbut could also resign.
Another reshuffle in sight, therefore, hoping it’s finalnot like the one in which the new position of Roberto Mancini was announced and the addition of Bollini and Andrea Barzagli to his technical staff.
