Who will save Italy? The Blues may miss the World Cup for three consecutive times, Pioliranie is a hit

In the World Cup Group I match in the World Cup qualifiers, Italy lost 0-3 to Norway in the first match, helping its opponent wins all three games to firmly take the lead, while its own qualifying situation has become very serious, and the Blues may miss the World Cup for the third consecutive time. Head coach Spalletti is about to be fired and replaced, former AC Milan coach Pioli and pot-making maker Ranieri become the biggest favorites.

As Italy participated in the European League round of 8 matches during the international match day in March, missing the first two rounds of the World Cup qualifiers in the European region. Therefore, in early June, they played two games less and directly competed with Norway, which had already won two consecutive games in Group I.

I thought this would be a heavyweight showdown in Group I for the right to qualify, but it would have become Norway's complete victory over Italy. With the wonderful performances of players such as Haaland and Ode, the Pirates easily defeated the Blues 3-0. If it weren't for Norwegian midfielder Berg's shot from the post, the score would have been even more ugly.

After this round, Norway won all three games against Moldova, Israel and Italy, and was in the top spot. Israel ranked second with 2 wins and 1 loss, Estonia ranked third with 1 win and 2 losses, Italy ranked fourth with only 4th in its first game, and Moldova ranked last with two consecutive losses.

Although the European group stage of the World Cup qualifiers implements a double round-robin system, Italy still has 9 games to play, but the reality is that there is only one place for each group to advance directly, and the second place needs to play in the playoffs, and the number one competitor Norway has already won 9 points. On the one hand, it is not easy for Italy to catch up with these 9 points. On the other hand, they have no good memories of their performance in the play-offs. They were eliminated by Sweden in 2018 and lost to North Macedonia in the last session.

For the Blues, striving to be the first in the group is an urgent task. If you miss three consecutive World Cups, this four-star Italy will be disappointed. In order to reverse the unfavorable situation, the Italian Football Association also began to make some moves, and their first strikes head coach Spalletti. After losing to Norway, the Italian Football Association immediately announced the news of his dismissal of Spaletti. Although he was unwilling to leave his job, he had to officially be dismissed after the game against Moldova. In order to complete the work handover as soon as possible, Italian Football Association Chairman Gravina has begun to take the lead in organizing the selection of coaches.

Currently, there are 4 targets for Italian coaches, namely De Rossi, Gattuso, Ranieri and Pioli, the latter two are the most popular candidates. Ranieli is a coach approved by the Italian Football Association. Gravina is very eager to hire this respected old coach, but the decision is in the hands of Ranieli.

This season, Ranieri coached 36 games in Roma, with a winning rate of 61.1%, miraculously leading the Red Wolves into the Europa League. After Gasperini takes over the team next season, Roma does not want to lose Ranieri, and he will retreat behind the scenes to serve as a team adviser.

Gravina admired Ranieri very much and even expressed her willingness to accept the latter as part-time Rome adviser and national team coach. However, for the 73-year-old coach, he may not be able to achieve his energy, and he may not be willing to wade into the muddy waters of the national team with honor. Therefore, the possibility of Ranieri's succession is not high.

In this case, Pioli became the biggest hit. The Italian Football Association has had positive contact with the former Milan coach, and the old man expressed his willingness to take over the job and rejected Florence's invitation. However, due to contract restrictions, Pioli needs to stay in Saudi Arabia until July 10 before enjoying tax relief. The first game after the new coach takes office will start on September 6, with Italy playing against Estonia at home.