Tuesday decisive day for the fate of the Tuscan technician: if he jumped on pole as a possible successor there is the former Milan coach

Journalist

June 8, 2025 (modification at 01:08) – MILAN

Spalletti now seems hanging by a thread. Winning with Moldova may not be enough: the desperate run -up to an improbable first place passes, at least, from a series of successes with goleada with which to shorten the double distance from Norway, points and goals. Winning tomorrow and saying goodbye is one of the possible scenarios to be evaluated after Moldova, the consultations with the players and the mood of Spalletti who will meet Gravina on Tuesday. If, looking for a successor, it would be in command Pioli on Ranieri. But it’s early for the future. The world championship is at stake and the urgency is to save the salvable and not abandon the dream of winning the group, before it is really impossible.

Moldova hub

The dream passes from Italy-Moldova. Norway has 9 points, +10 of a goal difference and won away with Moldova and Israel. It is on the run. She remains a “difficult” game, the return with Italy in November, the last race of the group. We are zero and -3 of difference goals. To introduce us to -3 points to the alleged key match, except for Scandinavian stumbles, we must all win them and good to straighten the account of the goals. Here is the first point. To hell, any speech of sustainability and tactical balance. Not with Moldova, 154 in the world: if the opponents are above the Latvia-Cyprus category, it always loses, even if it does not take boarding. Only Norway and Romania scored 5 goals. You cannot help but play with three points (chosen from Lucca, Rettegui, Orsolini and Raspadori), a frattese in the median with tonals and curls if Barella is not standing. And to the attack to score at the Pronti-via. Populism? There are no other options ..

Rome? S Head Coach Claudio Ranieri, Last Match During the Serie A Soccer Match Bethaeen FC Turin and Rome at Olympic Stadium in Turin, North Italy - Sunrday, May 25, 2025. Sport - Soccer (Photo by Spada/LaPresse)

Spalletti or not?

After, we will move on to the speech ct. Even a minimum success would be the antechamber of the end. A goleada could change something. Spalletti perhaps struggles from CT, has relationships that are not always easy with the group, in Norway he delayed the moves and did not change after 2-0 when it was understood that that Italy was inert. But from here to say that Spalletti is not a top coach runs. Two years ago we all celebrated his masterpiece-Naples. In addition to the scandalous accident list (Scamacca, Scalvini, Kean, Calafiori, Buongiorno, Politano, Zaccagni …) he found himself walking players.

consultations

It would be interesting to understand how much the mental and physical energies were at zero and how much the coach was concerned with defending himself to the bitter end. Yesterday the Football Federation and Buffon spoke to the players to explain the importance of the qualification and attitude to be held. Other topics prohibited, so as not to lose the focus of the match. After the game, the new interviews could have another tenor, to understand how the relationship with the coach is actually. If it were the case of a beneficial shock, all the other speeches would lose value.

Successors

In case, who instead of Spalletti? Today it is two fight, with Pioli ahead on Ranieri because to leave Saudi Arabia, despite some legal complications, would not be sorry for the technician. Remove Ranieri from Roma can create friction with the company that on the “savior” has focused everything. The fact is that Italy now serves a healer, a good one in the intensive care unit. The projects come later. And the projects cannot fail to switch from a new national-club relationship: blue is a weight for those who have the Champions League, but if Italy goes into the haunt everything drags everything. If at least Juve, Inter, Milan, Rome and Naples do not open a periodic channel of dialogue and programming, instead of postponing the issues to the good heart of the CT and the Champions League calendar, goodbye.

Paradoxes

So a couple of themes will be addressed to make the mystery of faith pale. One: the Norwegians come from tiring championships like A, but in June they run the same and we don’t, why? Two: Spain, France, Germany, England have foreigners like us, but Yamal, Williams, Doué, Musiala and others are born there. Perhaps because they get used to playing technique and not tactics, they make them entertain, they raise them in federal centers, and then in clubs play to win? Is the Gotha of the Italian leadership taking the problem seriously? Would there be a third question: why Barça, PSG, Bayern, Spain, France, Liverpool play with a trident that we consider unsustainable? But the answer scars.

The former coach of the Italian national team Roberto Mancini paid tribute to President Paolo Mantovani at the cemetery of Bogliasco, before attending the training of the players under the directives of Alberico Evani and Attilio Lombardo. Genoa, 09 April 2025. ANSA/Luca Zennaro



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