Received the order in the face of danger! 73-year-old Ranieri is about to take over the Italian team. Can the pot makers continue the legend?

In the early morning of June 9, Italy's "Sports of Milan" broke out a sudden news that Ranieri, who is currently a consultant to the Rome club, has agreed to coach the Italian national team. At the same time, the Italian Football Association also agreed that Ranieri would serve as a consultant to the Rome team while coaching the national team. This approach also completely cleared the obstacles to the Ranieri national team's firefighting.

In the just-concluded European qualifier group stage, Italy defeated Norway 0-3 away, losing the most critical game in the group, and the qualifying situation is in danger. After the game, Spaletti, the then head coach of the Italian national team, also encountered unprecedented doubts. On June 8, the Italian Football Association officially announced that the home match against Moldova in the early morning of the 10th will be Spalletti's last match as the Italian coach. Subsequently, the Italian Football Association launched a coaching program, and the 73-year-old coach Ranieri became the biggest favorite.

Last season, Ranieri, who had announced his retirement, was ordered to serve as the head coach of Roma in danger, and led the team to 16 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses in 25 rounds, winning 53 points with a very outstanding record, bringing Roma, who is on the verge of relegation, directly to the fifth place in Serie A, which is only 1 point away from the Champions League. After the end of the season, Ranieri refused to leave the coaching position of Rome and agreed to serve as the club's consultant. Unexpectedly, the old man still cannot enjoy his retirement life. Because the Italian team came to the door again.

After Spaletti was fired, Italian Football Association Chairman Gravina contacted Ranieri on the phone, hoping that he could come out to coach the national team. The initial pot-maker refused the proposal because he wanted to fulfill his commitment to the club Rome and continue to serve as a consultant. However, under the Italian Football Association's three visits to the cottage, the old man gradually began to agree to coach.

Regarding Ranieri's concerns, the Italian Football Association also put forward an idea, that is, to let him take two positions and continue to serve as a consultant for the Rome club while coaching the Italian national team. The Friedkin family behind the Rome club also agreed to the proposal and supported Ranieri to coach the Italian national team. Of course, everything has not been finalized yet, but Ranieri has basically been a foregone conclusion to coach.

In Ranieri's 30-year coaching career, the only experience of coaching the national team was to serve as coach of the Greek national team from July to November 2014. However, after losing to the Faroe Islands 0-1 in the European Cup qualifiers, Ranieri was kicked out. Now, he will coach the national team for the second time. Can Ranieri, who is known as the beauty of a pot-making maker, continue to write magic this time? A little difficult.

In this European qualifier, the Italian team is in the same group as Norway, Israel, Estonia and Moldova. The strongest competitor in their group is undoubtedly the Norwegian team led by two top Premier League stars Haaland and Odegao. The other three teams are all studying with the prince. In other words, the 2-round battle with Norway will directly determine the fate of the Italian team. However, they messed up the first time they fought.

Before the match against Italy, Norway swept Moldova 5-0 and defeated Israel 4-2. Facing Italy's 3-0 victory, Norway not only led the lead by 9 points, but also had 13 more goals than the former. Next, Norway challenged Estonia away, hosting Moldova, Israel and Estonia at home. The final round was the ultimate showdown with Italy. In other words, the Italian team must try to get as many goals as possible in the subsequent games and defeat Norway in the last round with a big score in order to gain a glimmer of hope. If you accidentally lose points before playing against Norway, it will be like losing all the game.

Therefore, even if Ranieri led Roma to almost create miracles last season, it is unlikely that Italy would want to counterattack Norway this time. But no matter what, being able to take the risk of destroying a lifetime of heroic reputation in danger, this courage alone can make us respect this 73-year-old man.