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Germany: Klopp. Apparently he didn't exactly establish a warm and
fuzzy relationship with the press in his first press conference.

Italy just appointed Pirlo after failing to lure Guardiola. Two
coaches with an almost identical managerial resume...For what it's
worth, Pirlo has actually a better W-D-L record as a manager than his predecessor Gattuso. Let's ignore the fact that a big chunk of that
success is from his time at Juve, when he led a team with Buffon,
Chiellini, Bonucci, De Ligt, Rabiot, Cuadrado, Chiesa, Dybala and
Cristiano Ronaldo to a 4th place league finish...(he did win the
Supercoppa and Coppa Italia, though)

France is likely to appoint Zidane to replace Deschamps, but it's not
official yet.

Argentina: Scaloni has hinted that he will step down in December, but
it's not official yet. One of the potential replacements is Diego
Simeone, who will surely make Argentina even more popular with the
average neutral fan...





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Futbolmetrix wrote:

Germany: Klopp. Apparently he didn't exactly establish a
warm and fuzzy relationship with the press in his first
press conference.

I get the feeling this is going to be a bumpy ride for the
German media.

It should be fun to watch...
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On 2026-07-24 11:45, Futbolmetrix wrote:

Germany: Klopp. Apparently he didn't exactly establish a warm and
fuzzy relationship with the press in his first press conference.

Italy just appointed Pirlo after failing to lure Guardiola. Two
coaches with an almost identical managerial resume...For what it's
worth, Pirlo has actually a better W-D-L record as a manager than his predecessor Gattuso. Let's ignore the fact that a big chunk of that
success is from his time at Juve, when he led a team with Buffon,
Chiellini, Bonucci, De Ligt, Rabiot, Cuadrado, Chiesa, Dybala and
Cristiano Ronaldo to a 4th place league finish...(he did win the
Supercoppa and Coppa Italia, though)

France is likely to appoint Zidane to replace Deschamps, but it's not official yet.

Argentina: Scaloni has hinted that he will step down in December, but
it's not official yet. One of the potential replacements is Diego
Simeone, who will surely make Argentina even more popular with the
average neutral fan...

Any speculation that De La Fuente might move on? He is 65, and has accomplished all he can really have hoped for. The feeling that it
might all be downhill from here would surely lead to some second
thoughts. Many able replacements around including Pep, Emery, and others.

If Pochettino quits or gets canned, I can see Marsh jumping ship, in
spite of all his protestations about how much he loves Canada.

Scotland are looking, but dunno who they might get. There does not seem
to be anyone all that obvious.





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MH wrote:

On 2026-07-24 11:45, Futbolmetrix wrote:

Germany: Klopp. Apparently he didn't exactly establish a warm and
fuzzy relationship with the press in his first press conference.

Italy just appointed Pirlo after failing to lure Guardiola. Two
coaches with an almost identical managerial resume...For what it's
worth, Pirlo has actually a better W-D-L record as a manager than
his predecessor Gattuso. Let's ignore the fact that a big chunk of
that success is from his time at Juve, when he led a team with
Buffon, Chiellini, Bonucci, De Ligt, Rabiot, Cuadrado, Chiesa,
Dybala and Cristiano Ronaldo to a 4th place league finish...(he did
win the Supercoppa and Coppa Italia, though)

France is likely to appoint Zidane to replace Deschamps, but it's
not official yet.

Argentina: Scaloni has hinted that he will step down in December,
but it's not official yet. One of the potential replacements is
Diego Simeone, who will surely make Argentina even more popular
with the average neutral fan...

Any speculation that De La Fuente might move on? He is 65, and has accomplished all he can really have hoped for. The feeling that it
might all be downhill from here would surely lead to some second
thoughts.

What, and not try to win another Euro and quite possibly another World
Cup as well ? With this Spain team, that he practically built himself
or at least perfected it ? And given that they will be hosts ? I really
don't think so.

As for Klopp and Pirlo, let's see what they can do. Pirlo was a great
player, probably knows a lot of football, but as a coach doesn't have a
great track record yet. Then again, Italy can't ask for more. Germany
should be able to go much farther with Klopp than this time, but it
remains to be seen if they can be a real WCup contender.
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Futbolmetrix <futbolmetrix@yahoo.com> posted:

Germany: Klopp. Apparently he didn't exactly establish a warm and
fuzzy relationship with the press in his first press conference.

Italy just appointed Pirlo after failing to lure Guardiola. Two
coaches with an almost identical managerial resume...For what it's
worth, Pirlo has actually a better W-D-L record as a manager than his predecessor Gattuso. Let's ignore the fact that a big chunk of that
success is from his time at Juve, when he led a team with Buffon,
Chiellini, Bonucci, De Ligt, Rabiot, Cuadrado, Chiesa, Dybala and
Cristiano Ronaldo to a 4th place league finish...(he did win the
Supercoppa and Coppa Italia, though)

France is likely to appoint Zidane to replace Deschamps, but it's not official yet.

Argentina: Scaloni has hinted that he will step down in December, but
it's not official yet. One of the potential replacements is Diego
Simeone, who will surely make Argentina even more popular with the
average neutral fan...

Simeone leading Argies would be very funny but also very appropriate, with masks fully off. Atletico Madrid might actually blossom a bit if that happens.
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On 24/07/2026 15:45, Futbolmetrix wrote:

Germany: Klopp. Apparently he didn't exactly establish a warm and
fuzzy relationship with the press in his first press conference.

Italy just appointed Pirlo after failing to lure Guardiola. Two
coaches with an almost identical managerial resume...For what it's
worth, Pirlo has actually a better W-D-L record as a manager than his predecessor Gattuso. Let's ignore the fact that a big chunk of that
success is from his time at Juve, when he led a team with Buffon,
Chiellini, Bonucci, De Ligt, Rabiot, Cuadrado, Chiesa, Dybala and
Cristiano Ronaldo to a 4th place league finish...(he did win the
Supercoppa and Coppa Italia, though)

France is likely to appoint Zidane to replace Deschamps, but it's not official yet.

Argentina: Scaloni has hinted that he will step down in December, but
it's not official yet. One of the potential replacements is Diego
Simeone, who will surely make Argentina even more popular with the
average neutral fan...

I've heard that names of Pablo Aimar, Marcelo Gallardo and even Mauricio Pochettino being mentioned as well. Aimar is Scaloni's assistant, so
that would be a bit of a natural progression. Gallardo has his success
with River Plate in the bag making of him a natural candidate, while
Simeone and Pochettino have experience in big European clubs.

Whatever one thinks of these specific names, I have to note that this is
a wealth of options that we do not have in Brasil, should Ancelotti ever decide to call it a day. I mean, it's not even close. But on with the
subject.

I just read that Pochettino is good for long-term projects and that he
is a good developer of young players. Is that indeed the case? I don't
know how to "read" his World Cup stint with the US: on one had he made
them play some good football, though it was mostly against teams of
lower or approximate stature of the US (such as Paraguay, Australia and Bosnia). On the other hand, they were unceremoniously dumped by the
first good theam they faced, and at home. Granted, FIFA gave Belgium
some motivation fuel by pardoning Balogun's red card, but that can't be
all there is to it, right?

Whoever it is they pick, though, they'll have this big challenge on
their hands which is Messi's retirement. They obviously won't replace
him, not right away in any case, so they'll have to cope with his
abscence. I think they actually have good enough players to remain
competitive (though obviously less than before), and in the South
American arena they are still ahead of their opponents. But this is
something they'll have to deal with.

On the same note, I remember how between Maradona's retirement from the Argentinian national team (1994) and Messi's debut (2005), a number of
young prospects had to deal with the label of being the "New Maradona",
such as Ariel Ortega, Pablo Aimar, Javier Saviola or Andres d'Alessandro
(hmm, must be a River thing... ok, there have been others too), until
the real deal came through. I wonder if we'll see such a similar
phenomenon in the coming years: how many "new Messis" are there
currently on the pipeline?


Best regards,

Ll|-o

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On 24/07/2026 15:45, Futbolmetrix wrote:

Germany: Klopp. Apparently he didn't exactly establish a warm and
fuzzy relationship with the press in his first press conference.

Italy just appointed Pirlo after failing to lure Guardiola. Two
coaches with an almost identical managerial resume...For what it's
worth, Pirlo has actually a better W-D-L record as a manager than his predecessor Gattuso. Let's ignore the fact that a big chunk of that
success is from his time at Juve, when he led a team with Buffon,
Chiellini, Bonucci, De Ligt, Rabiot, Cuadrado, Chiesa, Dybala and
Cristiano Ronaldo to a 4th place league finish...(he did win the
Supercoppa and Coppa Italia, though)

From:

https://trivela.com.br/italia/reviravolta-italia-escolha-tecnico-demissao-maldini-pirlo-mancini/

Just read that FIGC rejected Pirlo's name, due to his alleged links to a Russian betting site (Fonbet), which might lead to Maldini's and
Leonardo's resignation from their posts in the FA.

The article mentions Thiago Motta and Roberto Mancini as possible
candidates for the Azzurra's managerial job.


Best regards,

Ll|-o
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On Mon, 27 Jul 2026 21:21:24 -0300, Lloo <llb.moura@gmail.com> wrote:

Italy just appointed Pirlo after failing to lure Guardiola. Two
coaches with an almost identical managerial resume...For what it's
worth, Pirlo has actually a better W-D-L record as a manager than his
predecessor Gattuso. Let's ignore the fact that a big chunk of that
success is from his time at Juve, when he led a team with Buffon,
Chiellini, Bonucci, De Ligt, Rabiot, Cuadrado, Chiesa, Dybala and
Cristiano Ronaldo to a 4th place league finish...(he did win the
Supercoppa and Coppa Italia, though)

From:

https://trivela.com.br/italia/reviravolta-italia-escolha-tecnico-demissao-maldini-pirlo-mancini/

Just read that FIGC rejected Pirlo's name, due to his alleged links to a >Russian betting site (Fonbet), which might lead to Maldini's and
Leonardo's resignation from their posts in the FA.

Yes, both confirmed: Pirlo won't take the job, and Maldini/Leonardo
have resigned from their positions (not very clear what their role was
in the first place, to be honest...)

The article mentions Thiago Motta and Roberto Mancini as possible
candidates for the Azzurra's managerial job.

Conte is another name being floated around.

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Futbolmetrix <futbolmetrix@yahoo.com> wrote:

Germany: Klopp. Apparently he didn't exactly establish a warm and
fuzzy relationship with the press in his first press conference.

Italy just appointed Pirlo after failing to lure Guardiola. Two
coaches with an almost identical managerial resume...For what it's
worth, Pirlo has actually a better W-D-L record as a manager than his predecessor Gattuso. Let's ignore the fact that a big chunk of that
success is from his time at Juve, when he led a team with Buffon,
Chiellini, Bonucci, De Ligt, Rabiot, Cuadrado, Chiesa, Dybala and
Cristiano Ronaldo to a 4th place league finish...(he did win the
Supercoppa and Coppa Italia, though)

France is likely to appoint Zidane to replace Deschamps, but it's not official yet.

Argentina: Scaloni has hinted that he will step down in December, but
it's not official yet. One of the potential replacements is Diego
Simeone, who will surely make Argentina even more popular with the
average neutral fan...

Netherlands: Xavi, replacing Koeman just like he did at Bar|oa.

Ciao,
Werner

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