{"id":2839,"date":"2026-04-02T17:12:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/2839\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T17:12:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:12:14","slug":"why-cant-italy-hire-mourinho-if-brazil-have-ancelotti-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/2839\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Why can\u2019t Italy hire Mourinho if Brazil have Ancelotti?\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Politician Ignazio La Russa has a revolutionary idea to revive the Italy squad. \u2018If Brazil can hire Carlo Ancelotti, why can\u2019t we get a foreign coach like Jose Mourinho?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The failure to qualify for the third consecutive World Cup means that there will be a transformation of the Nazionale behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>We have already seen FIGC President Gabriele Gravina and delegation chief Gigi Buffon hand in their resignation, with Gennaro Gattuso widely expected to follow suit.<\/p>\n<p>Mourinho thrown into mix for Italy coach<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/130964db7cab5dd40b12c55e814f96c8.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>GENOA, ITALY \u2013 SEPTEMBER 28: Jose Mourinho, head coach of Roma, looks on prior to kick-off in the Serie A TIM match between Genoa CFC and AS Roma at Stadio Luigi Ferraris on September 28, 2023 in Genoa, Italy. (Photo by Simone Arveda\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Now the search is on for who will <a href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/three-italy-options-to-replace-gattuso\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:start the new era of the Italy squad;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;start the new era of the Italy squad&quot;}\" class=\"link \">start the new era of the Italy squad<\/a>, with names like Antonio Conte, Max Allegri, Roberto Mancini and Simone Inzaghi all mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Brazil can hire a great and foreign coach like Ancelotti, why can\u2019t we get someone like Mourinho?\u201d asked politician and Inter supporter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/sport\/26_aprile_02\/la-russa-italia-allenatore-intervista-6f0e4bfa-b8d9-47ec-ab96-9ca28c245xlk.shtml\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ignazio La Russa in the Corriere della Sera newspaper.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Ignazio La Russa in the Corriere della Sera newspaper.&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Ignazio La Russa in the Corriere della Sera newspaper.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mourinho has been linked with the Portugal job over the years, but is currently the coach of Benfica, having split with Fenerbahce in August 2025.<\/p>\n<p>He had two experiences in Serie A with Inter and Roma, but was sacked from the latter role in January 2024.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8d104ad711cd022f240808359f53007.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>BOLOGNA, ITALY \u2013 DECEMBER 17: Jose Mourinho head coach of AS Roma looks on during the Serie A TIM match between Bologna FC and AS Roma at Stadio Renato Dall\u2019Ara on December 17, 2023 in Bologna, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>La Russa was extremely critical of the \u2018incredible\u2019 failure to get past Bosnia and Herzegovina in the play-offs, losing on penalties after a 1-1 draw.<\/p>\n<p>The fact they were down to 10 men for much of it due to Alessandro Bastoni\u2019s red card was also blamed on Gattuso.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow can you let a youngster like Pio Esposito take the first penalty, when he doesn\u2019t even take them for Inter? And why was Bastoni played out of position to accommodate Calafiori in centre-left of defence? This in turn penalised Dimarco on the same flank.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Politician Ignazio La Russa has a revolutionary idea to revive the Italy squad. \u2018If Brazil can hire Carlo&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2840,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[151,1179,1366,2264,146,2262,235,143,772,2265,2261,44,5,1352,2263,173,1496,43,188],"class_list":{"0":"post-2839","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-italy","8":"tag-alessandro-bastoni","9":"tag-as-roma","10":"tag-bologna","11":"tag-bologna-fc","12":"tag-brazil","13":"tag-carlo-ancelotti","14":"tag-dimarco","15":"tag-gennaro-gattuso","16":"tag-genoa","17":"tag-genoa-cfc","18":"tag-ignazio-la-russa","19":"tag-inter","20":"tag-italy","21":"tag-italy-squad","22":"tag-mourinho","23":"tag-pio-esposito","24":"tag-portugal","25":"tag-roma","26":"tag-simone-inzaghi"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}