Luciano Spalletti and Roberto Mancini's Reborn Rebirth

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Luciano Spalletti and Roberto Mancini will meet again at the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday (19/3) early morning. Their encounter ignited the competition of Italian football domination from 2005 to 2008, while Spalletti was still coaching Roma and Mancini coached Inter. Initially, fierce competition began to feel since AC Milan and Juventus hit the scandal calciopoli.

The first chapter between them opened in the 2004/2005 Coppa Italia final and Mancini opened up the rivalry with a 3-0 aggregate win. The two met again in the next final and Inter again beat Roma 4-1 on aggregate. Mancini was getting excited for getting a Scudetto Serie-A 2005/2006 prize. Inter get it after the original Juventus topped the standings, punished by the reduction of points and dipaksan down to the position of bloated.

The calciopoli scandal made Mancini's rivalry with Spalletti increasingly fierce in the Italian league. Their competition is getting sharp when entering the 2006/2007 season. Spalletti and Mancini are fighting Scudetto, but Inter won it. While Roma should be satisfied as runner-up Serie A 2006/2007. In the Coppa Italia, Roma managed to reverse the situation by making Inter as runner-up. Roma won the 2006/2007 Coppa Italia for a 7-4 aggregate win, as well as Spalletti's first title for his club at the time.

The season was similar to the 2007/2008 season. Inter again became Scudetto and Roma finished second in Serie A standings 2007/2008. So is the Coppa Italia event that makes Roma as champion and Inter as runner-up. In the final, the system of home away and aggregate was abolished, so Roma immediately become champion after winning 2-1. The 2007/2008 season was Spousetti's last rivalry with Mancini. The reason, Inter eject Mancini and replace him with Jose Mourinho next season.

Competition between Roma era Spalletti with Inter era Mancini also recognized Douglas Maicon. The right-back right-back is part of the competition as an Inter player. Now, he is dejavu on Spalletti-Mancini's rivalry, but this time he is in the stronghold of Rome. "When I was Inter, Roma were always the toughest game of any season. (Luciano) Spalletti is always learning our game and exploiting our weaknesses," he said as quoted by Gazzetta World.