The federal president: “Go ahead with your head held high, even if someone tries to discourage me. There is a project and we have energy to react. We need our football to change and that young people have more space”
Gabriele Gravina is obviously sad, after Italy’s failure to qualify for the 2022 World Cup. But he is also ready to get up and start again. “It is the law of football, when you are part of the world of sport you have to accept these verdicts – says the FIGC president to Raisport microphones -. I am very sorry, I am sorry for all our fans. The joy for the European Championship remains. this summer, now this unexpected bitterness has arrived, perhaps also the result of an undeserved result, but this is football. We will return to Palermo soon, it is a city that deserves the national team, especially after this bad evening “.
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The disappointment for the Barbera match is many and the causes are certainly not easy to identify: “After the European championship the boys had a period of detachment, the boys returned after a detachment with a preparation not to the maximum. overcooked, but after four months we have seen the right spirit again – continues Gravina -. Every time we leave after a stop we pay something, but even if they met after four months there was the right spirit. The result of tonight tells us that there “It is something to do in our football, beyond indices, reforms or formats. We are beginning to ask ourselves if our young people should not play more in our leagues. Only 30% of Italian players are used in the Spring.”
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The future blue, in the intentions of the federal president, still sees Mancini at the helm of the national team: “I’m sorry that the boys only met for one day to be able to prepare for this match, but I don’t want to get into this controversy. I hope Mancini gets rid of it. immediately the bitterness that we all have and continue, because he has a commitment with us. There is a project and we will react, there are energies that we must rediscover and that I personally have. And I want to put them on the field. relaunch and continue the path. Someone will try to discourage me, but there are no glimmers. We must go ahead with our heads held high, protect our affection for our national team. Some mistakes have been made and we must understand their nature. There are related business interests. to the management of legitimate clubs, it is clear that on the national team there is always great resistance from the clubs. The national team is seen more as a nuisance than as a moment of union for an entire country “.
March 24, 2022 (change March 24, 2022 | 23:59)
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