Mancini awarded the giant Golden Tapir with a smile: "I deserved it"

Roberto Mancini receives a Golden Tapir, the classic Italian prize for celebrities who have had a bad week. This is the 8th Golden Tapir of his career

Fans will be familiar with the name of the "Golden Tapir Award", a funny and satirical award created by Italian National Television, which is given to the most unlucky and unhappy person in recent times.

Italy once again failed to qualify for the World Cup, as the European champions collapsed and was beaten by North Macedonia in the first leg of WCQ. Today, Italy's manager Roberto Mancini received a giant Golden Tapir.

The disappointment is metabolized, a smile can prove it, the one with which Roberto Mancini "cashed" the giant Tapir that "Striscia la notizia" gave him. "The giant Tapir is more than deserved. I was confident, unfortunately now things go wrong. But I'm not giving up: we'll try again for the next World Cup," said the Italian coach, receiving (for the first time ever) the Mega "Tapiro d'oro".