Semplici, who had been with the club since 2014 in Serie C (third tier) and gained back-to-back promotions to the top flight, leaves the club struggling in last place with 15 points after they lost eight of their last 10 matches.
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Balotelli is a long-time favourite of Mancini’s and played under the newly installed head coach at Inter and Manchester City
Ancelotti, sacked by Bayern Munich in September, said he was honoured that Italians see him as the man to replace Gian Piero Ventura.
FIGC president, Carlo Tavecchio, said a “shared solution” was necessary after Italy’s first failure to qualify since 1958, following their 1-0 aggregate defeat to Sweden in a two-leg playoff.
Italy need to overturn a 1-0 play-off first-leg defeat against Sweden at the San Siro on Monday