Historical figures adorn Italy's trip to Euro 2020

Italy ended their European qualifying campaign for Euro 2020 in the best way possible after a big win against Armenia, with a score of 9-1.

Although the Italians qualified for Euro 2020 after beating Greece (2-0) in the seventh round, three matches before the end of the qualifying round, Azzurri continued to play in the same way.

The Italian team topped the tenth group with a full mark, 30 points from 10 games, in the historical reality of the Azzurri, becoming the team with the best qualifying series of all teams in the current stage.

Wise leadership

Roberto Mancini took over Italy's technical mission on May 14, 2018, six months after the nightmare hit Italy after the team failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time in nearly 60 years, succeeding Gian Perot Ventura, the former Azzurri coach.

Mancini was able to create an excellent mix of players from Italy, having included some experienced players along with a large group of young people, who managed to prove themselves in the best way possible.

The Azzurri coach used many players during 19 matches played between friendly and official games, and tried many of the stars until he succeeded in making radical changes in the team in some games, to get excellent results, especially during the qualifying phase.

In 19 friendly and official Azzurri, Mancini has won 13 and drawn four, while losing two friendlies against France and the other European Championship against Portugal.

Mancini won 10 of Italy's 10 wins in 2019, ending the year perfectly.

Historical figures

Mancini managed to lead Italy to an unprecedented series, beating Bosnia and Herzegovina in the penultimate round, to win 10 consecutive games for the first time in the history of Azzurri.

Mancini defeated former coach Vittorio Pozzo's historic record, winning nine games in a row from May 1938 to March 1939. However, the Azzurri continued their quest for more victories with their 11th victory. Crossing Armenia, to continue writing history.

The Azzurri set a new record after a 9-1 win over Armenia and the end of the qualifiers, with Italy scoring at least nine goals in one match for the first time since August 1948, when Italy beat the United States (9-0), and the team scored He scored only more goals in one match in June 1928, scoring 11-3 against Egypt.

Italy's numbers did not stop there, but the Azzurri won all their matches in the qualifying groups for the euro or the World Cup for the first time in its history.

The nine goals scored by Azzurri against Armenia by seven different players, in an incident that occurs for the first time in the history of the Italian national team.