Mancini re-appointed Italy managerImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Roberto Mancini was inducted into the Italian Football Hall of Fame in 2015ByCharlotte CoatesBBC Sport journalistPublished4 minutes agoRoberto Mancini has been appointed Italy manager for a second time.Gennaro Gattuso left in April after Italy failed to qualify for a third successive World Cup.Andrea Pirlo was set to take over but on Monday pulled out following controversy over his ties to a Russian betting company.
“I believed that the best person to become head coach was Roberto Mancini,” reported Italian Football Federation (FIGC) president Giovanni Malago.
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