For the great champion he was on the field, Andrea Pirlo He deserves the respect of all athletes. But coaching is a different profession, and those who are phenomenal on the field aren't always equally so on the bench. Maradona docet. On Tuesday Pirlo will most likely become the coach ofItalyThe Technical Director strongly wanted it. Paolo Maldini and let's hope he was right. But doubts remain and only the pitch will be able to disprove them. As a footballer, Pirlo won everything in Milan and in Juve and above all it was the brain of Italy Marcello Lippi who won the World Cup in 2006But his coaching career is filled with more disappointments than successes. Perhaps he arrived too early at Juventus in 2020, where he failed to continue their incredible run of Scudetti, but he did win a Coppa Italia and an Italian Super Cup. This was followed by his dismissal by Andrea Agnelli, who had strongly supported him. He suffered two more setbacks, first in Turkey and then at Sampdoria, where he was dismissed in 2025.
Pirlo sees football like few others in the world, but critics criticize him for lacking grit. However, Maldini, who had him as a teammate at AC Milan, swears by him to the point of convincing even the new president of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC). Giovanni Malago. Let's hope he's right but there are strong doubts and that of Antonio Conte It would have been a much safer choice to relaunch the national team. Anyway, go Azzurri and best wishes to Pirlo, but first and foremost, it's essential that he cancels his contract with Fonbet, Russia's leading betting company.
