The double departure creates an immediate crisis for newly appointed FIGC president Giovanni Malago, leaving the federation without a clear national team strategy at what is widely regarded as its lowest point in nearly 40 years. Malago now faces the unenviable task of steadying the ship, having only recently taken up his own position at the head of Italian football’s governing body.
The turmoil follows a difficult period for Italian football more broadly, coming on the back of early European exits for Italian clubs last season and a third consecutive failure to qualify for the World Cup. The resignations only compound a sense of instability that has gripped the federation in recent months, with question marks now hanging over the entire process of rebuilding the national team from the top down.
