How Italy Came Back From The Brink
The Lead
Wondery
3.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 June 2021
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
The Italian men's national soccer team is off to a flying start at the 2020 European Championship, and is now one of the favorites to win the tournament. Which makes it easy to forget that, just a few years ago, the Azzuri suffered through an almost unspeakable tragedy that the Italian press dubbed “The Apocalypse" -- failing to quality for the World Cup. Today, The Athletic’s James Horncastle joins us from Rome to explain how Italy has found its way back from the end of the (footballing) world thanks to a coach with a complicated history with the team. Plus, how the Italians have had an unusual ace up their sleeve during the tournament -- a former banker with a notebook full of secret plays.
Read James Horncastle's full story about Italy's renaissance under Roberto Mancini:
https://theathletic.com/2634406/2021/06/08/italys-rebirth-and-mancinis-second-chance-how-the-azzurri-came-back-from-the-brink/
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| 0:46.0 | Italy has gotten off to a flying start in Euro 2020. |
| 0:57.0 | Italy and Italy, second goal as well. |
| 1:02.0 | Italy knows now that they are home and host after a scary night for them at Webley. |
| 1:10.0 | Which makes it easy to forget that just a few years ago, the Azuri failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup. |
| 1:17.0 | An unthinkable event that the Italian press dubbed the Apocalypse. |
| 1:22.0 | Today, the Athletics James Horncastle joins us to explain how the Italians have found their way back from the end of the world. |
| 1:29.0 | Thanks to a coach with a complicated history with the team and a whole lot of star power. |
| 1:34.0 | Mancini just has a charisma and an aura about him that you know, once you're his presence, you are persuaded by whatever he is selling. |
| 1:44.0 | He began talking up the national team again. He said, we are one of the great football nations. |
| 1:50.0 | And it was what it needed to hear. |
| 1:53.0 | Plus, how the Italians have had an unusual ace up their sleeve during the tournament. |
| 1:59.0 | A former banker with a notebook full of secret plays. |
| 2:03.0 | From Wondry in the Athletic, I'm Anders Keltow. It's Wednesday, June 30th, and this is The Lead. |
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