Frustration in the Italian press after the new elimination of a World Cup

Frustration in the Italian press after the new elimination of a World Cup

‘The stamp’ points to a “disastrous performance” of the players of Robert Manciniwho only sent five of their 32 shots between the three posts, while the Macedonians managed the goal on one of their four shots in the game.

For the great Turin newspaper, the elimination of Italy, four-time world champion (1934, 1938, 1982 and 2006) and current champion of Europeannounce “a generational change” and one “refoundation”.

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The ‘Gazzetta dello Sport’ finds no reason to be surprised: “The European Championship won was a happy parenthesis between years of disappointment for the national team and the teams”at half mast both sportingly and economically.

“Our football pays a huge price: there is a lack of vision and there is no value. Judging Mancini would be a mistake, we have to review the entire Calcio system”analyzes the sports newspaper.

In fact, Mancini, in principle could remain in the position. The coach extended his contract until 2026 last year and seems protected by his victory in the European Championship.

“The Hour of Responsibilities” has arrived, thunder nevertheless ‘Il correere dello Sport’. Despite the casualties (especially that of the attacker Federico Chiesa), the director of the newspaper Ivan Zazzaroni, close to the Italian coach, he does not find any extenuating circumstances: “Mancini was the craftsman of the European triumph, Mancini is primarily responsible for this failure.”

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“no surprise”remember ‘Il Messaggero’, “just the consequence of years in free fall”. “We haven’t won any European competition at team level since 2010, a shortage as long as it is unprecedented in the history of European cups.”

“These last 15 years, Serie A has collapsed. The fall of Juve after the Calciopoli case (refereeing scandal in 2005) and the separation of Silvio Berlusconi and Massimo Moratti from the Milanese teams weakened the great historical teams and undermined balances, making the championship as a whole fragile”details the Roman newspaper.

In a statement, the boss of the Serie A Lorenzo Casini asked “serious reflection and profound system change”.

Source: Ambito

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