The curse continues for Italy. For the third time in a row, the Nazionale will not see the Football World Cup. Beaten on penalties by Bosnia (1-1, 4-2 tab) Tuesday evening, Gennaro Gattuso’s men have, once again, disappointed an entire country. “I personally apologize, because we did not achieve our objective, but my players impressed me,” explained the Italian coach to Rai Uno.
“Impressed” because his men played the entire second half and overtime outnumbered and had a golden opportunity at the end of the game. But football is cruel and Italians will watch the World Cup on television (or not, for that matter) this summer. “I would have given anything today, I would have given years of my life, money to achieve our goal,” assured the former OM coach.
“Great pain”
“But it’s football, they gave everything, if someone were to press me now, nothing would come out of my body, no blood, nothing, it hurts, because we needed (this qualification) for us, for our families, for all of Italy, for Italian football, continued the technician. That’s football, sometimes it brings you joy, sometimes it brings you great pain. »
In office since June 2025, Gennaro Gattuso, 48, did not wish to discuss his future, after failing to qualify Italy, which has not played in the World Cup since 2014. “Talking about my future is not important, the important thing was to qualify for this World Cup,” concluded Gattuso, before ending the interview in tears.
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