Gattuso resigns as Italy coach after World Cup flopGennaro Gattuso says he is leaving with a “heavy heart”, having paid the price for Italy’s third successive World Cup qualifying failure. (Photo: AFP)ROME - Gennaro Gattuso quit as Italy coach on Friday, as the Azzurri’s failure to reach a third straight World Cup continued to send shockwaves through Italian football. A World Cup winner in 2006, Gattuso leaves after less than a year in charge of Italy, a team which has fallen far behind historic rivals like France and Spain in the last two decades. Two former national team coaches in Roberto Mancini, who led Italy to victory at Euro 2020, and Antonio Conte are the names most frequently cited as Gattuso’s replacement. Italy’s footballing woes do not just relate to diminishing performances by the national team.

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