Italy out of the World Cup, Moggi: “Crisis started with Calciopoli”

“The crisis of Italian football began with Calciopoli in 2006. Juventus, which has always been the leader of Italian football and of the national team in particular, was destroyed and the results are there for all to see. We have gone from one world championship won to two world championships where we went out in the first round and two where we didn’t even qualify “. Luciano Moggi says this to Adnkronos in the aftermath of Italy’s 1-0 defeat against North Macedonia which ousted the Azzurri from the World Cup for the second time in a row. “Until 2006, football and the Italian national team were a winning model with many bianconeri on the pitch as demonstrated by the 2006 World Cup final in Berlin in which 5 Azzurri and 4 ‘Bleus’ were from Juventus. In Italy, unfortunately, we are like this: when something works we want to destroy it and now we pay the consequences “, concludes the former general manager of Juventus. “The causes of last night’s defeat are due to the tiredness of the players and to having underestimated the opponent with too much presumption”, continues Moggi. “After winning the European Championship, the players no longer took to the field with the agonistic fury they had fielded last summer thinking they were strong but the presumption not football is dangerous and we saw it last night”, adds the former. general manager of Juventus. Should coach Roberto Mancini continue or resign? “Mancini did an excellent job with the material he has at his disposal, he had the courage to launch players who have never played in Serie A. He won a European championship and in my opinion he is not to blame for not qualifying for the world championship” . “Mancini’s problem is that he was left alone, the only mistake I attribute to the FIGC president Gravina is not defending the coach – he concludes -. I hope Mancini will remain at the helm of the national team because he is the most suitable person. “.