A 0:3 defeat, Italy will confirm the change of coach! Spaletti is dismissed, and the three major candidates are released

The World Cup qualifiers on various continents are in full swing. In the European division, Italy defeated Norway 0:3 in the four-time World Cup champion, losing the initiative to qualify. Before the match against Moldova, Italian coach Spaletti announced his resignation and ended his coaching time in Italy for more than a year.

As Italy, which has won the World Cup championship four times and won the European Cup twice, is a powerful team in European and even world football. Although Italy's star flavor and overall strength in recent years are not as strong as before, in the 2021 European Cup, Mancini led the Blue Army to stand at the top of Europe again. Unfortunately, because of an irreconcilable conflict with the Italian Football Association, Mancini immediately left the position of Italian coach.

After Mancini was dismissed, Spaletti, who had just led Naples to win the Serie A championship, became the new head coach of the Blues; however, after Spaletti took office, Italy's performance not only did not improve, but even the scene became even more unreasonable. As the defending champion of the European Cup last year, the Italian group lost to Spain; with the advantage of the top 16, he lost to Switzerland and missed the title early.

After the World Cup qualifiers were drawn, Italy was also divided into a group with Israel, Norway, Moldova and other teams; it seems that there is no big problem to advance to the World Cup by winning the first place in the group. However, in this round of games, Italy lost 0-3 away to Norway; three goals were lost in the first half; setting an embarrassing record in the World Cup qualifiers history.

This loss casts a shadow on Italy's journey to advance to the World Cup; because Italy has 2 rounds of fewer games, Norway, which has been defeated by three games, has reached 9 points, and even if it wins in two rounds of the supplementary game, it cannot clear the gap; if it does not reach the 2026 World Cup in the end, it will be the third World Cup that Italy misses in a row. Under such a bad situation, the Italian Football Association met with Spaletti to confirm the news that Spaletti was dismissed. At the pre-match press conference with Moldova, Spaletti said at the press conference: "We talked with the Chairman for a long time last night. Although I had no intention of retreating, he told me that I will no longer serve as the head coach of the national team. I will sign a termination contract with the Football Association on Tuesday; even if I still believe that I could have led this team to the World Cup." In the past nine months of coaching, Spaletti has led the team to play 23 games, winning only 11 games, with a winning rate of only 47.8%.

Regarding the new coaching candidate, Italian famous reporter Spaletti revealed that Ranieri, De Rossi and Pioli are potential candidates; Ranieri just finished his third coaching in Rome, and personally became a new consultant for Rome; it is reported that Ranieri himself is currently inclined to continue to work in Rome.