"Is it right to confirm Roberto Mancini at the helm of the national team? Posterity will say if he is the best choice, I think it is. We need to see if Mancini had or has the incentives to make a new contract until 2026 path. It was very clear and clear, I sincerely believe and I also think, starting with the entry of new players, that it was more complicated to think of important and valid alternatives. absolute confirm it ".
This was stated by the president of Coni,
Giovanni Malagò,
in the post-Giunta conference, speaking of the coach Roberto Mancini after Italy's inability to participate in the next world championships.
"Mancini is an essential element, he is the coach who won the European Championship and shattered the record of games won", he concluded.
But
Lagò then intervened on Fiba's choice to reopen international basketball competitions to teams, referees and field officials of Russia.
"As Coni we are 100% in agreement with Petrucci. We are very sorry about the choice of the international federation, we do not understand it".
A decision involving Italbasket personally, included in the same grouping as Russia (group H) for qualifying for the 2023 World Cup. "The IOC was clear, it cannot oblige international federations, but it told us what it thinks is right do - continued the number one of Coni -. Only basketball and biathlon have taken time and it is not good. Italy will not play and Coni is with Petrucci ".