I see that Gattuso has become the new coach of the Italian national team, and his competitors for this position were Cannavaro and Pioli. It is a bit strange for me to see such a decision, is Gattuso really better than Pioli? I do not remember any team where Gattuso could achieve any big results. And it turns out that Spalletti left after the defeat against Norway, I did not know about that either.
First thing was that I knew the Italians were never going to sign a foreign manager to manage them, they have been adopting the idea for long and keep on recycling the managers. When the race was reportedly to be between Cannavaro, Gattuso and Pioli after Rienere had rejected the offer, I definitely knew that Cannavaro didn’t stood a chance because of the experience barrier that the other two have had over him mostly managing top Italian teams.
Down to the two: Pioli and Gattuso, in terms of experience and achievements Pioli edges Gattuso with a Seria A title win with AC Milan compare to Coppa Italia win with Napoli by Gattuso. Although both have actually managed similar clubs but Pioli has had more experience in terms of long term at the clubs. The reason why Gattuso got in ahead of him was because he Pioli just signed for Fiorentina which will make the deal a bit complicated for Italy and that’s why Gattuso got the job