👋 Gattuso set to leave Italy manager post, Romano says | OneFootball

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Gennaro Gattuso is expected to step down as head coach of the Italian national team after their elimination in the World Cup playoff, following the defeat against Bosnia.

Gattuso, a world champion in 2006 as a player and currently the national team coach, tried to be the man who would end Italy’s ordeal, but ultimately failed, with confirmation that Italy would miss the World Cup for the third time.

Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport had already reported that the coach was considering resigning, despite the Italian Football Federation’s (FIGC) desire to keep him in the role.

“I asked him (Gattuso) to stay, he is a great coach. You did not see the moment of great humanity in the dressing room between him and the players, with whom there is great harmony. They were heroic, they gave everything. Afterwards you will make your evaluations, but the technical side certainly must be preserved,” said Gabriele Gravina, president of the FIGC, after the elimination against Bosnia.

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