Italy: Gravina and Spalletti, meeting on Tuesday

After the heavy defeat in Oslo against Norway that immediately puts the qualification path for the 2026 World Cup at risk, the national team returned to Coverciano. At home it is time for analysis and reflections that will go beyond the next match against Moldova scheduled for June 9 in Reggio Emilia. As also announced by the coach Luciano Spalletti himself in a press conference, a meeting is planned between the coach and the federal president Gravina, to understand if this project is convincing. We will try to understand whether to move forward together and which line to follow to try to qualify for the next World Cup.

Appointment set for Tuesday in the meantime Gravina will also seek a meeting with the team. The goal is to understand if - really - the conditions are still there to be able to do well together. The president after the European Championship, tragic for the Azzurri, had seen good margins of recovery and had decided to move forward. Now however the doubts have grown: motivation and play are lacking. It is up to Spalletti and the group to explain why and if it is possible to change pace and move forward. There is little time, very little indeed, and the Italians - terrified at least as much as Gravina by the spectre of the third failed qualification for the World Cup - are asking for an immediate change, with or without Spalletti