After Maldini leaves in chaos, can Mancini bring calm?

After Maldini leaves in chaos, can Mancini bring calm?Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Leonardo and Paolo Maldini, who worked together at AC Milan, lasted less than a month with ItalyByDaniel AustinBBC Sport senior journalistPublished1 minute agoCommentsThey wanted Pep Guardiola. He turned them down.They asked Carlo Ancelotti. He wasn't interested.They turned to Andrea Pirlo. He was ruled out by their superiors.Now, the men making the approaches have walked out on their own jobs.Italy's search for a manager has ended with the hiring of Roberto Mancini, but only after descending into complete chaos and leading technical director to the Italian FA (FIGC) Paolo Maldini and special advisor Leonardo to quit after only 16 days.Italian football may no longer be in a leadership a vacuum, but the future remains deeply uncertain.So what exactly has been going on and where does it all seem to be leading?What were Italy's plans to sort things out?This summer was supposed to be a hard reset for Italy.Their defeat by Bosnia in the final qualifying play-off in March meant they failed to qualify for a third World Cup in a row, and was followed by the swift resignation of manager Gennaro Gattuso.Legends of Italian football lined up to call for widespread reforms."Italy cannot keep arriving at the last stage just to play for qualification," said former defender Franco Baresi."The whole of Italian football must do a mea culpa, because the results of the last 20 years are there for everyone to see, with the isolated exception of the Euro 2020 triumph."They seemed to get what they asked for.Gabriele Gravina, president of the FIGC since 2018, resigned alongside Gianluigi Buffon, the former Juventus goalkeeper who was Italy's head of delegation.Giovanni Malago, a former businessman and futsal player with a strong track record in Italian sport as ex-Italian National Olympic Committee president, was elected president."Our roots shouldn&#x...