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Italy is looking for a new trainer – Spalletti has to go
Italy’s 0: 3 defeat in the World Cup qualification against Norway was too much. The former master coach of SSC Naples has to go. Possible successors are already traded.
Italy’s national soccer coach Luciano Spalletti has to go against Norway after the 0: 3 debacle in the World Cup qualification. The 66-year-old announced that after the next game against Moldau he would no longer sit on the bench on Monday evening. The association informed him that he was released from his office as a national coach. Italy has to fear after the defeat after two missed world championships in a series in series, even at the 2026 World Cup.
“I’m sorry. I would have preferred to have stayed and tried to change things,” said Spalletti at a press conference. He has a very good relationship with leader Gabriele Gravina. “But I take note of the discharge due to the negative results.” After the game on Monday, he will give his okay to dissolve the contract. “I owe that to the association, which always supported me, even if the results failed to materialize.”
Ranieri and Pioli as a successor in conversation
The former master coach of SSC Naples has been the head coach of the national team since September 2023. As the successor, the previous coach of AS Rome, Claudio Ranieri, is under discussion. The 73-year-old actually wanted to calm down after the season just ended.
A return of the former master coach of AC Milan, Stefano Pioli, is also speculated. The 59-year-old is currently at AL-NASSR FC in Saudi Arabia, Cristiano Ronaldo’s club. Italy’s best -known coach Carlo Ancelotti (previously Real Madrid) has recently been under contract in Brazil, which wants to come back to the age.
Missed two world championships in series
The false start of the Squadra Azzurra to the World Cup qualification on Friday evening had triggered bare horror. Due to the 0: 3, the Italian team in its group is already nine points behind the team of Manchester City striker Erling Haaland. Only the group’s one comes directly. The second has to go to the playoffs. In the home game against the bottom of the table Moldau on Monday, Italy must now win.
Italy had already missed the world championships in Russia and Qatar and is already worried about participating in the tournament in the USA, Canada and Mexico next year. At the European Championship in Germany, the quarter -finals against Switzerland ended last year.
dpa
Source: Stern
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