🇸🇰 How Slovakia’s manager went from coffee salesman to Euro 2024 plotter... via Maurizio Sarri

Francesco Calzona's unusual career path could take Slovakia to new heights!

Like many Italians, Francesco Calzona has two passions in life - football and coffee.

More unusual, however, is that the Slovakia has managed to combine the two, working as a coffee sales rep before starting a coaching career in football. 25 years later, he is a manager at Euro 2024 with his team on the brink of the quarter-finals.

Calzona’s route into football management was unplanned, but Slovakia’s success this summer certainly hasn’t happened by accident. 

In fact, almost everything about their performances at Euro 2024 this summer has been meticulously mapped out. England could discover that to their cost on Sunday.