BREAKING NEWS: Roberto Mancini resigns as Italy head coach

BREAKING NEWS: Roberto Mancini resigns as Italy head coach after five years in the job

  • Roberto Mancini has stepped down as the Italy national team head coach
  • He won the European Championships and led a record-breaking unbeaten run
  • However, missing out on the 2022 World Cup was a major failure of his Italy side 

Roberto Mancini has stepped down as the head coach of the Italy national team. 

The 58-year-old handed in his resignation letter on Saturday evening after five years at the helm. 

Mancini led the Azzurri to the 2020 European Championships trophy, their first piece of silverware since the 2006 World Cup, and came third in the 2021 and 2023 Nations League finals. 

The Italian Football Federation said that they will announce his replacement in the next few days. 

He joined in May 2018 on the back of an awful period during which they failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup under Gian Piero Ventura – the first time they had missed out on football’s biggest tournament since 1958. 

Roberto Mancini has stepped down as the head coach of the Italy national team after five years

Beating England in the final of the European Championships was the highlight of his reign

The former Manchester City manager went on to lead them on a record-breaking 37-game unbeaten run, lasting three years from October 2018 to October 2021.

A 2-1 win over England in the final of the 2020 European Championships was the undeniable highlight of his reign but failure to qualify for the 2022 World Cup after a loss to Macedonia in the play-offs ushered in darker days. 

‘The Italian Football Federation announces that it has taken note of the resignation of Roberto Mancini from the position of coach of the Italian national team, received late yesterday evening,’ a statement read.

‘Thus concludes a significant page in the history of the Azzurri, which began in May 2018 and concluded with the 2023 Nations League Finals; in between, the victory at Euro 2020, a triumph conquered by a group in which all the individuals have known how to become a team.’

More to follow.  

However, frustrations came to a head when Italy failed to qualify for the 2022 World Cup

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