Gattuso inherits the bench of Luciano Spalletti, fired on June 8 after having fitted a win against Norway (3-0)
Gennaro GattusoLegend of Italian football and Milan, in which he militated most of his career as a professional footballer, he was appointed this new Sunday coach of Italia with the aim of classifying the 'Azzurra' for the next 2026 World Cup.
“The Italian Football Federation (Figc) announces the appointment of Gennaro Gattuso as the new coach of the Italian National Team. The Calabrés coach will be presented on Thursday, June 19 at 11:00 at the Parco Dei Principi Hotel de Roma,” said the governing body of Transalpino football.
Gattuso inherits the bench of Luciano Spalletti, fired on June 8 after having fit a win against Norway (3-0) that greatly complicates the direct classification of Italy for the World Cup, a tournament that has not disputed since 2014.
It was not the first option of the Figc, which torted Claudio Ranieri and Stefano Pioli before, but the most solid after the refusal of those mentioned. Figc began to look among the 2006 world champions players like Daniele de Rossi or Andrea Pirlo, but 'Rino' Gattuso was chosen to lead Italy at such a complicated moment.
The former technician of Palermo, Crete, Pisa, Milan, Naples, Fiorentina, Valencia, Olympique de Marseille and more recently of the Hajduk Split, in which he left the position of mutual agreement with the Croatian club just a week ago, will debut against Estonia on September 5.
Italy needs to win the 6 classification matches that you have left and score the maximum possible goals to maintain your options to pass as the first group. Otherwise, you will have to fight for second place and, then, dispute the playback to avoid another catastrophe and not miss the third consecutive World Cup.
“Gattuso is a symbol of Italian football. The 'Azzurra' shirt is like a second skin for him. His motivation, his professionalism and experience will be fundamental to face in the best way the next commitments of the national team,” said the president of Figc, Gabriele Gravina.
