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Relive ESPN FC’s Gab Marcotti’s passionate response after Italy failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup.
ESPN FC brings you all the coverage from Italy’s shock World Cup qualifying failure.
ESPN FC brings you all the coverage from Italy’s shock World Cup qualifying failure.
ESPN FC brings you all the coverage from Italy’s shock World Cup qualifying failure.
ESPN FC brings you all the coverage from Italy’s shock World Cup qualifying failure.
ESPN FC brings you all the coverage from Italy’s shock World Cup qualifying failure.
ESPN FC brings you all the coverage from Italy’s shock World Cup qualifying failure.
No words can describe the horror of Italy’s World Cup failure but the Corriere dello Sport’s Ivan Zazzaroni came close when he described Monday’s playoff elimination as “an intolerable footballing shame, an indelible blemish.”
The Azzurri finally succumbed to the many problems engulfing Italian football that led to Carlo Tavecchio being made president of the FIGC and Gian Piero Ventura the head coach. And no-one feels the pain of such a heavy loss more than the veterans of the side.
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Gab Marcotti is given the floor to share his true feelings on Italy’s failure to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
So this is what it feels like to miss out on a World Cup. I’ve been asked enough times since the final whistle in Milan that I figure I might as well come up with an answer.
Truth be told, it hurts less — a lot less — than losing a World Cup semifinal on penalties or a European Championship final on a Golden Goal. At least right now. Maybe it will feel different in the summer, or even just next month at the draw, when the excitement builds and you realize that you are not a part of the biggest…
Gab Marcotti is given the floor to share his true feelings on Italy’s failure to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Gian Piero Ventura confirms he has not resigned as Italy coach, despite failing to reach the World Cup for the first time since 1958.
The manager, players and fans alike all reflect on what went wrong as Italy failed to make it to the World Cup finals for the first time in 60 years.
Gab Marcotti and Craig Burley go back and forth on how much Gian Piero Ventura is at fault for Italy missing the World Cup.
Italian FA (FIGC) president Carlo Tavecchio says he is “profoundly saddened and disappointed” by Italy’s failure to qualify for the World Cup as he called a meeting on Wednesday to discuss the future.
A goalless draw with Sweden in Milan on Monday was not enough to prevent Italy from failing to qualify for a World Cup for the first time since 1958 and questions are being asked of Tavecchio and, in particular, of head coach Gian Piero Ventura.
Ventura will reportedly be sacked, if he does not resign,…
Sweden held off Italy to advance to the 2018 World Cup, while the Italians failed to qualify for the first time since 1958.
Sweden held off Italy to advance to the 2018 World Cup, while the Italians failed to qualify for the first time since 1958.
Gab Marcotti is given the floor to share his true feelings on Italy’s failure to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
The manager, players and fans alike all reflect on what went wrong as Italy failed to make it to the World Cup finals for the first time in 60 years.
Watch the reaction of Italy’s players after the four-time world champions missed qualifying for a 15th straight World Cup.
Gab Marcotti and Craig Burley go back and forth on how much Gian Piero Ventura is at fault for Italy missing the World Cup.
Gian Piero Ventura confirms he has not resigned as Italy coach, despite failing to reach the World Cup for the first time since 1958.
Italy is coming to terms with its national team’s failure to qualify for a World Cup finals for the first time in 60 years.
The four-time world champions’ 1-0 aggregate defeat to Sweden in their qualification playoff ended their run of 14 consecutive World Cup appearances since missing out on the 1958 finals in, ironically, Sweden.
Since then, Italian sides have enjoyed great success in world football’s premier competition, reaching the final four times and lifting the trophy twice, in 1982 and…
The manager, players and fans alike all reflect on what went wrong as Italy failed to make it to the World Cup finals for the first time in 60 years.
The FC panel pile on the praise for Christian Eriksen’s hat-trick performance that powered Denmark’s thrashing of Ireland.
Martin O’Neill admitted his Ireland team were “well beaten” by a “world-class” player in Christian Eriksen after Denmark’s 5-1 win in Dublin claimed a place at next year’s World Cup finals.
“He played very very well,” said O’Neill of Tottenham playmaker Eriksen after the second leg of a playoff. “He’s a top class player and he proved it tonight.”
Eriksen grabbed a hat-trick as Denmark powered past the Irish having conceded a sixth minute goal to Shane Duffy’s header. “It’s a real disappointment,…
Haris Seferovic’s profligacy during the play-off for Switzerland was another example of the lack of top forwards in Europe.
There was a familiar theme to UEFA’s World Cup play-off matches this week — four of the eight matches finished goalless, two more finished 1-0.
It would be natural to assume these were cagey, defensive-minded matches with everyone desperate not to make a mistake. But that’s only half-true, and the greater reason for the lack of goals was something much simpler: the quality from the various centre-forwards on show was remarkably dismal. From the eight games, just three goals were scored by strikers:…