Spalletti only third coach to go from Scudetto to Italy

Luciano Spalletti is simply the third man after Antonio Conte and Helenio Herrera to go straight from successful the Serie A title to taking the reins of the Italy squad.

The coach makes his debut this night in a EURO 2024 qualifier towards North Macedonia.

That kicks off in Skopje at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT).

This qualifying part had been began by Roberto Mancini with three factors from two video games towards England and Malta, then there was a break for Nations League fixtures.

Mancini resigned on August 13 and Spalletti was appointed on September 1, having left Napoli after the Scudetto victory.

In so doing, Spalletti turns into solely the third coach to go straight from the Serie A title to the Italy job.

The newest was Conte, who left Juventus someday into pre-season coaching in the summertime of 2014.

Earlier than that, going all the best way again to 1966, Herrera went from celebrating the 1965-66 Scudetto at Inter to changing into a joint Italy boss with Ferruccio Valcareggi.