Italy, Gattuso furious: "They wished us death. La Russa did not see the match"

Italian national team head coach Gennaro Gattuso has returned to the protests against the team during the match against Moldova. Several commentators, including Senate President La Russa, had criticized the post-match words of the Azzurri coach, who responded as follows: “I respect what La Russa says but I don&#8217t know where he was that night, he certainly wasn&#8217t at the stadium and he didn&#8217t see it on TV either”.

“There were people who wished death, there were people who said he was coming to Coverciano, that we had to go to work. I agree that whistles should be accepted, but they were not whistles, they were much more serious and we could not accept them”.

The challenge with Norway: “9-0 is unthinkable. Then in soccer never say never, but you have to look at the reality. We are preparing the match like a real game, we are playing for pride and the fact that we are facing a team that six months ago put us in great difficulty. With intelligence and with our heads we will play it to give continuity to what we are doing. Winning 9-0 is very very difficult, not to say impossible. But never say never”.

Calafiori has forfeited: “He tried to be in the game, but it was not right to make him grit his teeth. Tonali will also be out, he has no physical problems but because of the warning we don’t risk him. He will train today and then tomorrow he will be at the stadium, as will Calafiori. Both will attend the match”.