Prandelli hints at Italy departure
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July 1, 2012, Sunday
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ITALY coach Cesare Prandelli hinted on Friday he may not look to stay at the helm after today's Euro 2012 final against holder Spain, saying he had found the job gruelling against a backdrop of match-fixing allegations in his homeland.
"These past two months have been difficult - aside from my excellent rapport with the team and the Federation. (But) these two months have weighed heavily on me and there is not the serenity which I was looking for," Prandelli said in Warsaw as he contemplated life beyond the final.
"Shall I be on my way? I have already told you about the quality of life (and its importance to him) and I shall be reflecting on things more calmly. I do not want to say anything more for the moment - we shall return to this subject in three days (after the final)," said Prandelli, who took the post after the 2010 World Cup finals.
Prandelli has walked away from a coaching post before when in the 2004/05 season he left the AS Roma job just a few days after taking over because his wife was seriously ill. She died in 2007 of cancer.
"These past two months have been difficult - aside from my excellent rapport with the team and the Federation. (But) these two months have weighed heavily on me and there is not the serenity which I was looking for," Prandelli said in Warsaw as he contemplated life beyond the final.
"Shall I be on my way? I have already told you about the quality of life (and its importance to him) and I shall be reflecting on things more calmly. I do not want to say anything more for the moment - we shall return to this subject in three days (after the final)," said Prandelli, who took the post after the 2010 World Cup finals.
Prandelli has walked away from a coaching post before when in the 2004/05 season he left the AS Roma job just a few days after taking over because his wife was seriously ill. She died in 2007 of cancer.
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