"Leave me? I am convinced and so are almost 99% of the insiders, of the delegates who trusted me only a few months ago: so I don't understand, let's say I don't see the possibility of giving up at such a delicate moment". Thus the president of the FIGC, Gabriele Gravina, in Parma during the Serie A festival and two days after the embarrassing 3-0 defeat against Norway .

"I consider some attacks to be the emblem of immobility, they are instrumental and useless, studied and targeted," he added. On Friday's defeat in Oslo, Gravina is very harsh: "You can lose, but you have to understand how you lose, a different approach that tickled that fire inside that Gigi Buffon often refers to could and should have given a different epilogue. Understanding how you lose, I don't accept that way ."

Tomorrow at 8:45 p.m., in Reggio Emilia, Italy will play against Moldova and will have to get a positive result, to avoid further jeopardizing qualification for the 2026 World Cup. "There is no split, there is not much lucidity also due to physical tiredness. We have to go to the World Cup and there are many other matches. I believe in this team and in this project ", concluded Gravina.

On Spalletti's future, Gravina postpones the discussion: «We are talking with Luciano and we have to find the best solution for a relaunch that starts tomorrow evening. There is no fixed appointment, there is continuous contact with Luciano , we were together until late, the scenarios are different, he is very responsible and I congratulate him. We respect our coach, then we will see what comes out ».

(Online Union)

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