Italy’s worst fears came true last night as they were eliminated from the World Cup play-offs at the semi-final stage by North Macedonia, and now the search for a new manager is on.
According to reports from SportMediaset (via MilanNews), the future of Roberto Mancini as the head coach of Italy remains very uncertain after the elimination in Palermo last night, and the FIGC are already looking for potential successors despite the fact he won the European Championships last year.
The FIGC have already received a positive response from Fabio Cannavaro and he would be joined by Marcello Lippi in the role of technical director. There does not seem to be any reason why the agreement with Cannavaro and Lippi could now fall apart, but there are other options.
The broadcaster adds that the Federation have also informally probed the possible availability of Stefano Pioli of Milan and Andrea Pirlo, formerly of Juventus.
