The Don’s Done Deal ; Not so Done

March 21st, 2008 | By: Marco Stucazzo | 2 Comments »

Looks like The Don won’t be signing his contract just yet.

Roberto Donadoni managed the Italy squad all the way into Swiss Austria and is quite proud of his accomplishment. He’s positive that what he has done already is enough to guarantee him a lengthier contract. However, someone should tell him he did it with the Reigning World Champs.

That’s exactly what the FIGC has done.

The Italian federation has decided not to renew Roberto’s contract right away. They’ll be renegotiating when the deal ends, which means July. This is understandable seeing how world Cup winners Carlo Ancelotti and Marcello Lippi are, let’s say, valid replacements. So I can understand that the FIGC doesn’t feel the urgency to renew the Don’s deal. Add to that the fact that Donadoni didn’t exactly breeze through the qualifiers.

However Donadoni thinks he has done enough in the last 2 years to merit the FIGC’s confidence. Understandably, July’s a bad month to try to find a bench for the upcoming season. But the fact that he’s young, a former star and is receiving many offers to coach elsewhere is getting to his head. Losing a WC final and gifting Livorno with a UEFA cup spot doesn’t instatntly promote you to Marcello Lippi-esque cult status Bob !

Don, if you want to be employed in July, you know what to do…

Forza Italia !

Tags: Abete, arlo Ancelotti, Azzurri, Donadoni, Euro 2008, Euro Qualifying, FIGC, Italy, Marcello Lippi, World Cup 2006

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By Mark | March 22nd, 2008 at 1:59 am

I like the work that Don has done, but I agree with the way the FIGC is approaching this one. I saw a somewhat over experimental coach go through the ropes and repond with resiliency working through his early errors to field a very competent looking team. In the last two games this squad reminds me of Lippi’s squad just prior to the World Cup with the exception that this squad transitions into attack more fluidly. Yes, Donadoni’s 4-4-2 to 4-3-3 transition is one of the smoothest I’ve seen in Italian teams, or any team for that matter. If his team is successful you are going to find many other team in Europe mimicking that tactic, as has happened with Lippi’s work. I give Don the benefit of the doubt. I think he can do good things!

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