Italy's national football team manager, Gennaro Gattuso, stated that it is not the time to discuss his future despite the team's failure to qualify for the World Cup. He expressed extreme pain at seeing this group of players, who had given everything over the past few months, fail to reach the World Cup. Gattuso emphasized that the team deserved a better result based on their performance, noting that talks about his future are superficial and untimely. 'Now we should be talking about Italy, about the national team. This is another fall, even though we don't deserve it. We deserve more. That's why my future doesn't matter,' he added. Previously, the Italian team failed to qualify for the 2022 and 2018 World Cups, losing the playoffs to Sweden and North Macedonia, respectively. Gabriele Gravina, president of the Italian Football Federation, stated: 'I must praise Gattuso. A country made for football and living for it, and now everything has become corrupted.' He also expressed disbelief that the team could fail to qualify for three consecutive World Cups. Last night, Italy lost on penalties to Bosnia and Herzegovina, who are ranked 66th in the world. The Italians played with ten men for most of the match. Although Gattuso has not made a final decision about his future, the Italian Football Federation made it clear on Tuesday evening that it wants him to stay. The question of Gravina's own future is also being debated. He has already called a meeting of the federation's council for next week to evaluate the situation. Gravina has overseen two disappointing World Cup qualifying campaigns since taking over in 2018, replacing Carlo Tavecchio, who resigned after Italy failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup. There are already calls for Gravina's resignation, but some fans believe the problem is deeper. 'I feel terrible. The system is corrupt, the entire Italian football system is corrupt. What can I say? It's impossible,' said Federico Barberi (30) outside a bar in Rome.
