Italy’s new head coach,
International friendly match against France (Nice, Allianz Riviera Stadium, June the first, 9 pm) and the Netherlands (Turin, Juventus Stadium, June 4th, 8:45 pm) are the upcoming events.
The coach’s first training camp have been held in Coverciano from May, 24th with his staff, the assistant coach Alberico Evani, Angelo Adamo Gregucci, Giulio Nuciari and Fausto Salsano.
These three friendly matches will lead to the new season’s first official match, in September, against Poland, for the first round of Nations League qualifications.
The match against Saudi Arabia is an absolute first for the Azzurri and will be played for the first time in St. Gallen, after playing in Basilea, Berna, Ginevra, Losanna, Lugano, Zurigo.
This is the friendly match number 390 for the National Football Team, with 187 victories, 113 games ended in a draw and 89 defeats.
Mancini is the 11th Coach that have been both a coach and a player of the National Football Team. Roberto remarkably participated in the European Under-21 Championship in 1984 and 1986, achieving a second and third place with his team. He debuted with the senior team on May, 26th, 1984 during the friendly match finished 2-0 for Italy in Toronto, Canada. He scored 4 in 36 caps, reaching the 3rd place in the Italy’s 90 world Championship. His last presence was in March 1994 in Stuttgart against Germany (ko 2-1).