Roberto Mancini will coordinate the entire blue sector, from the senior national team to the Under 21s and 20s. This was announced today by the FIGC at the end of the meeting of the federal council, defining - on the basis of a technical proposal from the Italy coach - the new structure of the men's national teams.

Mancini will directly deal with the selection and technical activity of the A, Under 21 (with Carmine Nunziata on the bench) and 20 (Attilio Lombardo on the bench) national teams.

Mancini's deputy is Alberto Bollini, while the 2006 world champion Andrea Barzagli will also make his debut on the staff, who will take care of the defensive phase in particular.

«Let's give life to a new phase of Club Italia, it is an evolution and not a revolution because we start again with new ideas, but also from some fixed points of our technical project. The numbers from 2018 to today say so, Club Italia is a successful reality, but to remain at the top and even improve it is necessary to change - said the president of the FIGC, Gabriele Gravina -. We did it with a coherent project, which reaffirms the opportunity, even before the need, to work as a supply chain, whose only purpose is to make talent mature».

Maurizio Viscidi, on the other hand, will take care of the technical basis of the blue formation, therefore of guiding the teams from the Under 15 to the Under 19. He will also contribute to the integration of the Under 21 and Under 20 with the National A team.

(Unioneonline/L)

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