Italian football falls into crisis

Italy team lost shockingly

On the evening of June 6, in Norway, the Italian team started Group I of the European World Cup qualifiers with an unbelievable 0-3 loss. Although they have only played one match, coach Luciano Spalletti and his team have almost no chance of winning the top spot.

Bóng đá Ý rơi vào vòng xoáy khủng hoảng- Ảnh 1. — Goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma jumped but could not help the Italian team avoid a heavy defeat.

Simply because Norway have three wins in hand against Moldova 5-0, Israel 4-2 and Italy 3-0. Furthermore, they can win two more games against Estonia, ranked 121st in FIFA, as well as the return matches against Moldova and Israel. Even if they lose the return match to Italy, Norway can still lead with a better goal difference.

The difficulty lies in the fact that in the European World Cup qualifiers, only the group winners will qualify directly for the Americas next year. The second-placed team will have to play a risky play-off round. Here, the Azzurri will join 11 other second-placed teams and four representatives from the Nations League in four groups to compete for the remaining four tickets. In each group, the four teams will be divided into two pairs to play a knockout match. In the last two tournaments, the Italian team had to taste the bitter fruit in the play-off stage. In the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, after finishing second in the group stage behind Spain, they lost 0-1 to Sweden. In the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, after finishing second in the group stage behind Switzerland, former coach Roberto Mancini's team lost 0-1 to North Macedonia.

After the defeat to Norway, the Italian press showed their loss of confidence in coach Spalletti. Gazzetta dello Sport commented: "There needs to be immediate radical changes on the technical bench. The Italian team we saw in Oslo was shameful, with the worst of the worst problems. The team was overwhelmed. Spalletti seemed to have reached his technical limit, full of confusion".

Previously, coach Spalletti had a disastrous EURO 2024 when he was eliminated from the group stage, lost to the UEFA Nations League quarter-finals, and now the nightmare called Norway.

Remember, the Italian team won the World Cup in 1934, 1938, 1982 and 2006. They have the same number of championships as Germany and only one less than Brazil. But after winning the title in 2006, the blue army fell into crisis, was eliminated in the group stage in 2010, 2014 and missed the last two tournaments.

It can be seen that Italian football is losing talent. Although there was a glimmer of hope when winning the EURO 2020 championship, it is clear that after the golden generation of Maldini, Nesta, Carnavaro, Gattuso, Totti, Del Piero..., the blue team has not introduced any more high-class players. In addition to struggling to find a good coach, Italian football is falling further into crisis. At the club level, it has been a long time since Serie A had a team reach the final of the 2024-2025 Champions League, but Inter Milan was also defeated 0-5 by PSG of France on June 1.

On June 9, Italy will host Moldova at home. This could be an opportunity for Spalletti to temporarily save his seat.

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