The Italian team: The torment of a generation without World Cup memory

The fact that Mancini’s teachers and students missed the 2022 World Cup caused a sensation throughout Italy (and the world), symbolizing the need for a complete renewal.

The earthquake in Palermo

Macedonia’s goal in the 92nd minute into the net Italy resounded like an atomic bomb, from north to south. Eight years in a row without a World Cup.

The moment that engulfed Italy

A sad feat that has never been seen in the history of the country’s football in the shape of a boot.

No one would have imagined that the team that lifted the last EURO championship with a complete, fresh, fun and efficient football would fall to the poor North Macedonia team at home, and again once again. second consecutive missed appointment with the biggest festival on the planet.

The World Cup is one of the few events to bring together the spirit of solidarity in Italy, a country that is almost always at odds with itself and is needed more than ever, after a severe pandemic, for the moment. communion.

Being eliminated by Sweden four years ago was very difficult. But it is full of elements on the pitch that allow it to be explained. This time, an absurdity reigns that will leave an entire generation of Italian teenagers with no memory of the World Cup.

The match was unbelievable: deadlock and despair for the Azzurri fans. But most of the time matches play out in such a scenario.

Even so, no one in Italy could understand the reason for the concussion. The team already has Roberto Mancini on the technical bench, a good coach at the head of a young squad and of unusual quality in recent generations.

A generation without World Cup memory

It’s true that the rules are a bit strange, with two seeds in the same group (Italy and Portugal), each team lamenting the possibility of meeting in the final match. But that doesn’t matter, because “Nazionale” doesn’t even pass play-off round Firstly.

A generation of young Italians will have no memory of the World Cup

No one would have expected that, even in a match where Italy dominated, disaster would strike in Palermo – a match with many children in the stands.

The disqualification took the whole of Italy by surprise. The country was unprepared for this horror film. In the bars of Rome is the atmosphere is somber, as happened with Sweden four years ago.

The match wasn’t even seen as a matter of life and death as it had on the previous occasion. The final is supposed to be next Tuesday against Portugal, not an underrated match in Palermo against a team that is considered third world by the country.

But Italy, suppressed by the memory of its loss to Sweden, is an insurmountable anxiety in recent history.

Four years ago, a unique tragedy happened: the Thien Thanh team was eliminated from a World Cup for the first time since 1958. This Thursday, they once again marked a red mark in history. his pride.

Serie A crisis

Italy’s disqualification deepens a sporting crisis that has spawned youth teams and ravaged Serie A, a championship no longer able to compete with the big leagues in the old continent.

Mancini will resign

The illusion of the last EURO championship, almost everyone agrees, has caused more damage than could have been foreseen, masking an endemic problem that has not been resolved.

The captain, Giorgio Chiellini, attests to the tragedy: “We missed a goal, which is important. We made mistakes from September to today and we have paid the price for that. There are a lot of young players and we have to rebuild. the team to fight the EURO and the World Cup again in 4 years”.

Italy will now have to do a lot to change. The first, and most obvious, is now the resignation of Coach Mancini.

“It was the biggest disappointment of my career. But I will think about my future later. All the good luck at the EURO has turned to bad luck at this stage.”Mancio lamented.

Italy must consider a tragic rebirth, with a host of players just beginning to emerge. But Italy must also analyze its future and return to the World Cup again in 2026.

It will be 20 years after lifting the last trophy in Berlin (Germany) and having played only 6 World Cup matches since then.

Ngoc Huy