Italian team selects coaches | Italian football talents are withering, how does the new coach Gattuso clean up the mess?

Qilu Evening News·Qilu One Point reporter Yin Chengjun

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Recently, Gattuso became the head coach of the new Italian national team. Neither Mancini nor Spaletti have been able to bring Italy from the European Cup to the World Cup, and even fell to the point where he could not even make the finals. With Gattuso's experience, can he become a life-saving straw for the Italian Football Association?

At present, the Italian team is in a very bad situation. They lost to Norway 0:3 in the first game of this World Cup qualifier. Due to limited promotion quotas, the European region's rule is to directly win tickets to the World Cup finals in the first group, and the second in the second group can only participate in the play-offs. Therefore, when the Italian team lost to Norway, they actually lost the initiative to directly advance in the group. The play-offs were like a nightmare for them. Four years ago, they lost to North Macedonia in the play-offs, and the "Blue Army" completely missed Qatar.

Gattuso was unsatisfactory in tactical concepts, which was seen by fans when he coached AC Milan between 2017 and 2019. Since then, he has traveled to clubs such as Naples, Florence, Valencia, Marseille and Croatia, and has traveled to major European leagues, but has not been able to stay for a long time.

However, since he became a player, Gattuso has always given people a kind of spiritual strength. He looks wild and seems to have endless energy, and he can also drive his teammates to run. He was very persistent in his beliefs, not afraid of heaven or earth. After the Italian team won the championship in 2006, Lippi expressed his thoughts of retreating to his disciples in the locker room. Most of the other players expressed regret, only Gatuso suddenly said harshly: "No, you must stay." Although Gatuso's true feelings did not allow Lippi to stay in the end, this tough guy who was not afraid of heaven or earth gave everyone a deep impression.

Now, Gattu asks to mobilize the morale of the Italian team as soon as possible. Although this team looks a bit "dead", its texture is still very strong. The long-term lows made these players unable to get excited, and what Gatuso is best at mobilizing the players' emotions.

This green tough guy needs to unite the "Blue Army" before the World Cup qualifiers come again in September. He has been to many Serie A teams in recent years. Currently, many players in the Italian team have been his disciples. In addition, the team's midfielder Tonali also regards him as his idol. Therefore, Gattuso's resistance is not as large as expected. As for tactics, as long as he insists on the three-back defensive counterattack and firmly grasps the essence of Italy for a century, the final result will not disappoint everyone too much.