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Mancini admits regrets over leaving Italy for Saudi Arabia

Summary by Al-Monitor
Italy's Euro 2020 winning coach Roberto Mancini admitted Sunday that he had regrets over leaving the Italian national team to take control of Saudi Arabia.Mancini left the Azzurri in August 2023 to take over as coach of the Saudis, but was fired from his role in October following a run of poor results during his 14-month stint in charge."If I could go back, I wouldn't take the decision to leave the Nazionale (Italian national team) again, becaus…

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Italy's European Champion coach Robert Mancini regrets moving to Saudi Arabia. The star coach brutally honest: “I wouldn't make that decision again.” With Italy, Mancini won the European Championships in 2021 before he unexpectedly resigned from coaching the “Squadra Azzurra” in 2023 — and took over the Saudi Arabian national team. A step that the 60-year-old wouldn't take again today. if (kmMismobile ()) { var cuid = “4539818";//for mobile } e…

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Speaking to the public television channel Rai, Roberto Mancini spoke about his difficult time in Saudi Arabia.

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Roberto Mancini has expressed his regret over his decision to accept the offer to coach Saudi Arabia, and step down as Italy coach in August 2023.

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Roberto Mancini said this Sunday that he made a mistake when in August 2023 he resigned from the position of Italian coach to be a Saudi player. "If he could back down, he would not repeat the decision to leave the Nazionale because training that selection is the most beautiful thing," Mancini said, who was fired as a Saudi coach in October, to the public television network RAI. "Perhaps I did not understand well with the president of the Italia…

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The Academy could lose Roger Martinez, who finished his contract shortly and was tempted by the Middle East market.

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Al-Monitor broke the news in Washington, United States on Sunday, December 22, 2024.
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