G. Gattuso: "The most important thing is to forget all the titles won by Italians"

2026-03-24 12:17 © PA Images

The head coach of the Italian national team Gennaro Gattuso did not hide his desire to return to the World Cup with the Italian team after eight years:

"There is no alibi. It is meaningless to think whether we could have performed better.

The only thing we need to think about is Thursday's match against Northern Ireland.

Forget that we have won four world championships, two European championships, and the Olympic gold.”

The most important thing is what will happen on Thursday.”

"All the players in this team know what we are playing for and how important it is.”

"These things go in cycles. When I see us winning in other sports, it motivates me. Such things make me proud.

Right now our history shows that we are stuck. But we have a great chance to achieve our goal.”

The Italian national team missed both the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

If the "Azzurri” qualify for the upcoming tournament, they will meet Canada, Qatar, and Switzerland in the group stage.