“ITALY’S EURO 2024 MAY DEPEND ON FINDING A GOALSCORER TO LEAD THE LINE.”
It hasn’t even been three years since Italy lifted the European Championship trophy at Wembley after defeating England on penalties in a dramatic and tense final. Since then, another catastrophic failure to qualify for the World Cup stained the legacy that Roberto Mancini had built during that glorious summer in 2021.
A decent showing in the 2022-23 Nations League gave Mancini some breathing space as the Azzurri topped a group that contained Hungary, Germany, and England but the warning signs were there that all was not 100% right within La Nazionale. Despite breaking the world record for the most unbeaten games in a row and guiding his nation to their first piece of silverware since 2006, Mancini’s unflinching faith in the same group of players and the same tactical formula eventually became a weakness, to the point that it looked like some fresh personnel and ideas were needed during