{"id":566101,"date":"2026-07-30T01:27:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T01:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/566101\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T01:27:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T01:27:16","slug":"china-will-host-a-world-cup-soon-roberto-mancini-right-for-italy-says-christian-vieri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/566101\/","title":{"rendered":"China will host a World Cup soon, Roberto Mancini right for Italy, says Christian Vieri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Christian Vieri believes his former teammate and manager Roberto Mancini is the right man to revive Italy after the country\u2019s football federation reappointed their European Championship-winning boss to conclude an extraordinarily chaotic head coach hunt.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">In Hong Kong for his old club Inter Milan\u2019s clash with Manchester City at Kai Tak Stadium on Saturday, Vieri also said it was only a matter of time before China stages the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Reportedly rejected by Carlo Ancelotti and Pep Guardiola, the Italian Football Federation appeared poised to turn to Andrea Pirlo, the former AC Milan midfielder, to replace Gennaro Gattuso, who quit following Italy\u2019s failure to qualify for this summer\u2019s edition in North America.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">But Pirlo\u2019s sponsorship deal with a Russian betting company thwarted that plan, and led to Paolo Maldini, another Milan legend, quitting after just 16 days as technical director. Maldini\u2019s adviser, Leonardo, also walked. Ex-Leicester City boss Claudio Ranieri has replaced Maldini.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The owner of 49 international caps, Vieri said Italy coaches had been hamstrung by a long-standing lack of attention to youth development in the country, but that in Mancini they had hired a man who is \u201can amazing coach, who understands the importance of allowing young players to play\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Roberto Mancini (right) before Italy\u2019s Finalissima against Argentina at Wembley in 2022. Photo: Getty Images\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/57677972-1985-4c2a-9c62-d87e9027261f_10de0149.jpg\" title=\"Roberto Mancini (right) before Italy\u2019s Finalissima against Argentina at Wembley in 2022. Photo: Getty Images\"\/>Roberto Mancini (right) before Italy\u2019s Finalissima against Argentina at Wembley in 2022. Photo: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cThat\u2019s very hard to do in Italy,\u201d Vieri told the South China Morning Post. \u201cIf a player isn\u2019t playing for his club, but [Mancini] likes him, he\u2019ll still call him. He\u2019s a good fit for the Italian team.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Christian Vieri believes his former teammate and manager Roberto Mancini is the right man to revive Italy after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":566102,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[25546,111144,1657,256309,444,3448,85,120875,46,2971,19683,70348,2617,42048,5959,105,3950,6866],"class_list":["post-566101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ac-milan","tag-atletico-madrid","tag-china","tag-christian-vieri","tag-england","tag-hong-kong","tag-il","tag-inter-milan","tag-israel","tag-italy","tag-juventus","tag-lazio","tag-manchester-city","tag-roberto-mancini","tag-south-china-morning-post","tag-sports","tag-switzerland","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=566101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/566102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}