Trapattoni. His results with the NT (the 2002 squad was a great one) scream how big of an imbecile he was with his tactics. Ale didn't deserve to be a starter in WC2006. So when did he choke?
I said that he choked in his attempts to win a starting spot for the Azzurri. I didn't say anything about his performances.
Anyway, we're talking about 6 coaches, each one of them ignoring Del Piero and preferring other attackers to him.
In 1996 Sacchi started Del Piero on 1 of the 3 matches at the Euro
In 1998 Maldini started Del Piero on 3 of the 5 matches at the WC
In 2000 Zoff started Del Piero on 2 of the 6 matches at the Euro.
In 2002 Trapattoni started Del Piero on 1 of the 4 matches at the WC
In 2004 Trapattoni started Del Piero on
3 of the 3 matches at the Euro (
Italy eliminated from the groups)
In 2006 Lippi started Del Piero on 1 of the 7 matches at the WC
In 2008 Donadoni started Del Piero on 1 of the 4 matches at the EURO
In 2010 Lippi didn't even call Del Piero
Sacchi, Trapattoni, Lippi, Zoff, Maldini, Donadoni. That's a good groups of imbeciles who know nothing about football

If only Rafieian was leading Italy in all those tournaments. DP would have started every match and Italy would have won each one of them.
If he leaves Di Natale out and manages to win, it means that it's been the right decision. Can't say the same about Donadoni. If anything, it was Di Natale who choked against Spain.
Donadoni did even better than one would expect with the form and quality of the Italian players at the time. He was a penalty shoot out away from eliminating Spain.
Impossible to know, but which Italian coach do you think would have eliminated the Spaniards back then?
Anyway, Di Natale too didn't start on that match against Spain, just like Del Piero didn't. They came in as subs for Cassano and Aquilani.