[Crazy?] The title of "European Chinese Team" is probably about to change hands...

In recent years, England, which has always been nicknamed "European Chinese Team", has gradually gotten rid of this love name. Not only has it reached the quarterfinals for two consecutive World Cups, but it has also advanced to the European Championship finals twice in a row. Although it has not been able to "bring football home", the "Three Lions" have restored its former glory. And now, this love name has found a more appropriate "master" - the Italian men's football team. Just last night, the Italian Football Association officially announced that 47-year-old Gattuso became the new head coach of the Italian national team, replacing the outgoing Spaletti.

Let the celebrity take over the national team coaching point, which seemed natural and even could be praised. However, Gattuso's arrival was not favored by the outside world. Many media even reported that this appointment was the Italian Football Association's "impatient and indiscriminate visits to doctors." The Italian celebrity won the Hercules Cup with the Italian team in 2006. In the club, Gattuso and AC Milan won 2 Serie A championships, 1 Italian Cup, 2 Italian Super Cups, 2 Champions League titles, 2 European Super Cups and 1 Club World Cup championship in the 13 years of Gattuso and AC Milan at Stadium San Siro.

But compared with his glamorous player career, his coaching career can be described as dismal. In July 2012, Gattuso left Milan for free to transfer to Sion, Switzerland and announced his retirement a year later. It is worth mentioning that in one season in Sion, he was appointed as the team's interim coach in the second half of the season, starting his coaching career ahead of schedule. In the summer of 2013, Gattuso, who had just retired, was appointed as the head coach by Palermo, who was in Serie B at the time, but he was dismissed after only three months of coaching. He then left footprints in Greece's OFI and Serie C team Pisa. In the summer of 2017, Gattuso returned to Milan as head coach, but achieved nothing in his two seasons of coaching, which really disappointed many fans of the red and black. After

, Gattuso also coached teams such as AC Milan, Naples, Valencia, Marseille and Haiduke. He did not have any outstanding performance except leading Naples to win the Italian Cup in the 2019-20 season. Especially in the five years since the summer of 2021, Gattuso was dismissed from get out of class midway through, without any coaching experience for the full season. The instability of personal emotions led to a series of management problems, which is why the outside world believes that it is difficult for him to take charge of the team for a long time. From a tactical perspective, Gattuso has been undecided between three and four defenders for a long time, and it is difficult to build a systematic technical and tactical approach to the team when making the offensive end.

Therefore, Gattuso is also called "Rooney in the Italian coaching industry" by many fans. This time, the Italian Football Association invited Gattuso as the team's head coach, which is equivalent to "extubation"...

The Italian Football Association stated in its official announcement, "Gattuso is a symbol of Italian football, and the blue jersey is like a second layer of skin for him. His enthusiasm, professionalism and experience will be the key to our better response to the future tasks of the national team." However, whether Gattuso can truly bring changes to the Italian national team has been put on a big question mark. At least judging from his performance so far in his career, this is simply a super big question mark.

At the same time, Italy's performance in this World Cup has increased Gattuso's coaching difficulty to the "hell level". After losing to Norway 0-3 in the last round, Italy won and lost in Group I in Europe, and is currently ranked third in the group. If the World Cup is finished with this ranking, Italy will miss the World Cup again.

Previously, many media said that the original new coach of the Italian Football Association was Ranieri who led Rome from the edge of the relegation zone to the European Union last season, but the Italian Football Association and Rome did not finally reach an agreement on whether they were in both positions, which led to the story of Gattuso as the head coach of the Italian men's football team. But now is this "fire-fighting" or "splashing oil"? Maybe you will be a little surprised if you end up in the World Cup...