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Gattuso begins Italy salvage operation with World Cup on the line
Gattuso faces challenges to revive Italy's World Cup hopes as they trail group leaders by nine points and navigate political tensions over matches involving Israel.
- On Friday, Gennaro Gattuso begins his reign as Italy coach with the Estonia national team visiting and a contested fixture against the Israel national team as Italy fights to avoid missing a third consecutive World Cup.
- After a troubled start in June, Italy national football team risk missing next year's finals, following Luciano Spalletti's dismissal and Gennaro Gattuso's challenging debut in Bergamo.
- Gattuso told reporters on Monday that he wants `a sense of belonging` and warned `We cannot allow fear to enter our minds` while urging calm, saying `We can't panic if the score is still 0-0 after 10 minutes`.
- A political cloud hangs over Gattuso's first week due to Monday's match with Israel in Debrecen, Hungary, last month's AIAC letter to FIGC, Venice Film Festival protests signed by around 2,000 cinema insiders, and pressure over Gaza where at least 63,633 Palestinians have died.
- To reach the play-offs, Italy must finish second, currently held by Israel national team with three points more after an extra game, and in October face Israel in Udine, a site of last year's protest-laden Nations League match.
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The human material is the same that Luciano Spalletti had available. Many players of modest level, few good ones
Even before starting, the new ct Gennaro Gattuso already loses his attacker: Gianluca Scamacca has left the retreat of the Italian national team. An ugly tile, just on the eve of the challenge with Estonia valid for qualifying at the World Cup 2026. The blue attack finds itself orphaned of one of his center forwards: now available to Gattuso remain Moise Kean, Mateo Retegui and Francesco Pio Esposito, because the other summoned of the ct are all…
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Gattuso begins Italy salvage operation with World Cup on the line
Gennaro Gattuso begins his reign as Italy coach on Friday with the visit of Estonia and a contested fixture with Israel as he bids to stop the Azzurri from missing out on a third consecutive World Cup.
Today Rino Gattuso will make his debut as national team coach and the Corriere della Sera, in its today's edition, described his completely different approach compared to his predecessor Luciano Spalletti: "Gattuso says that...
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