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The Azzurri\u2019s failure to reach a third consecutive World Cup continues to send shockwaves through Italian football.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Published On 3 Apr 2026<\/span>3 Apr 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Italy coach Gennaro Gattuso has left his role \u201cby mutual consent\u201d, three days after the national team failed to qualify for a third consecutive World Cup.<\/p>\n The Italian football federation announced the news in a statement on Friday, thanking Gattuso \u201cfor the dedication and passion\u201d during his nine months in charge.<\/p>\n list of 4 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n Italy\u2019s chances of reaching this year\u2019s tournament in North America ended on Tuesday after a penalty shootout loss to Bosnia and Herzegovina in a qualifying playoff.<\/p>\n \u201cWith a heavy \u200cheart, having failed to achieve the goal we had set ourselves, I consider my time in charge of the national team to be over,\u201d Gattuso said in a statement.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Azzurri shirt is the most precious asset in football, which is why it is right to facilitate future technical assessments with immediate effect.<\/p>\n \u201cIt has been an honour to lead the \u2060national team, and to do so with a group \u2060of lads who have shown commitment and loyalty to the shirt.\u201d<\/p>\n Gattuso was appointed in June on a one-year contract, replacing Luciano Spalletti who was sacked following Italy\u2019s 3-0 defeat by Norway \u2060in their opening group game, although he remained in place for the 2-0 win over Moldova the next \u2060day.<\/p>\n Italy won their next five group games under \u2060Gattuso, but given Norway\u2019s far superior goal difference, they were resigned to another World Cup playoff before the final group game, which Norway won 4-1 at the San Siro.<\/p>\n Italy had lost at \u200cthe playoff stage for the last two World Cups to Sweden and North Macedonia, respectively, but looked on course to make it this time after a 2-0 win over Northern Ireland \u200cin \u200cthe semifinal, before it all fell apart in Bosnia.<\/p>\n Gattuso\u2019s 10-man team let slip a 1-0 lead and crumbled in the penalty shootout.<\/p>\n His departure comes a day after Italy\u2019s football federation president Gabriele Gravina resigned, along with Gianluigi Buffon, who was the national team\u2019s delegation chief.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Azzurri\u2019s failure to reach a third consecutive World Cup continues to send shockwaves through Italian football. Published On 3 Apr 20263 Apr 2026 Italy coach Gennaro Gattuso has left his role \u201cby mutual consent\u201d, three days after the national team failed to qualify for a third consecutive World Cup. The Italian football federation announced […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n
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