On December 14, local time, FIFA announced the list of candidates for the best coach of the year. These include Scaloni and Frick, who won the Copa America for Argentina, and Tuchel, Guardiola and Conte, who coached in the Premier League, all of whom were shortlisted.
Among them, the most popular winner is The Italian coach Mancini.
At this summer's European Championship, Mancini led Italy all the way to the final, and finally defeated England to win the title.
After winning this gold-laden European Championship, Mancini will have a good chance of winning the best coach of the year.
Despite winning the European Championship, Italy did not go well in the 2022 Fifac world cup qualifiers in Qatar.
After the group stage of the European Qualifiers, Italy, due to the second place in the group, failed to qualify for direct promotion to the World Cup and had to participate in the play-offs.
According to the results of the draw, the Italian team and the Portuguese team of Ronaldo were drawn to the same group.
On March 24 next year, Italy will first face North Macedonia; if Italy wins, five days later, on March 29, Italy will face the winner between Portugal and Turkey to compete for a World Cup ticket >
For Mancini, this is undoubtedly one of the most important game tasks he has had since he took charge of the Italian national team.
Recently, when talking about the life-and-death battle of the World Preliminary Round, Mancini hopes to give the Italian people a generous gift in March next year.
"It's not going well at the moment, but we have to accept the reality." Speaking about the play-offs, Mancini said: "Right now, we still have a chance to reach the finals, the play-offs are tough, but we are European Champions. ”
"It's important to learn from the European Championship and then we'll think about next year's World Cup. Our performance this summer was incredible, the players were great and it gives me confidence in next year's play-offs. ”
It is reported that once Italy misses the World Cup, Mancini may leave the national team.
At present, he has been targeted by Manchester United.
After the Premier League next year, Manchester United's current manager Ronnick will leave as the club's technical adviser. On United's list of future managers, Mancini is considered one of the most reliable candidates.