Gattuso’s last fight! Official announcement: If I don’t make it to the World Cup, I will leave Italy

Italian football, Serie A, once recognized as the Little World Cup, has long since faded away, and the Azzurri have also withered along with this "broken flower". They have missed the World Cup for two consecutive years. This is a shame for the Azzurri, which has won 4 Hercules Cups. The 2026 US-Canada-Mexico World Cup, Italy The Leeds team is likely to stage a "hat trick" and a "miraculous record" of missing the World Cup for three consecutive years. This is something that has never happened to a team that has won more than one Hercules Cup. However, Italian football wants to "do" this. However, at this time, Gattuso, the man who once wore a blue shirt and held the Hercules Cup high at night in Berlin, stood up again.

The iron-blooded coach personally announced, "If I cannot lead Italy to the World Cup, I will leave this country." This powerful declaration shocked the entire European football world. The domineering Gattuso did not pay attention to any diplomatic rhetoric. His tone was firm, angry, tragic, and bloody. He was not performing, but showing his sword. He did not care that if he failed, he would become a laughing stock in the history of football. He was leading the team to fight against the odds.

In Italy's European preliminaries this year, former head coach Luciano Spalletti led the team to show support for the fans, and was even "overturned" by the Norwegian team. He was subsequently dismissed by the Italian Football Association. After many rounds of discussions, "Mad Dog" Gattuso unexpectedly became the new coach of the Azzurri. Although Gattuso's career is legendary whether he is in the club or in the national team. But as a rookie coach, his coaching ability is average. From Milan to Naples, from Marseille to Hajduk Split, he has experienced doubts and tasted championships. In the 2019/20 season, he led Napoli to defeat Juventus and win the Italian Cup. He cried at that moment. "I'm not a genius coach, but I will never back down." This is his mantra.

Gattuso has never been a gentle coach. He has a fiery temper and an upright personality, and his roaring, yelling, and slapping the table on the sidelines have long become his trademark. But this fierceness is exactly what Italy lacks the most. In the past few years, the Azzurri have fallen into mediocrity, with vacillating tactics and low morale. They have dropped from a championship team to a regular in the play-offs. The emergence of Gattuso gave the team a "bloody" flavor again. Since taking over the national team, Gattuso has continued to emphasize discipline and passion. During training sessions, he personally went into battle and participated in confrontations. Even if there was just a mistake in passing and receiving, he would immediately angrily scold the players: "Put on this jersey, you must deserve it!"

This almost crazy coaching style has achieved results in a short period of time. Italy defeated Israel 3-0 in the World Cup preliminaries on October 15, not only consolidating its second place in the group but also locking in qualifying for the play-offs in advance. In that game, when Barrera scored the third goal, the sideline camera immediately turned to Gattuso. The mad dog clenched his fists and roared, with tears in his eyes. In an interview with Gazzetta dello Sport, Gattuso said something meaningful: "If we can't enter the World Cup again, I don't deserve to stay here anymore. I will leave and go further away."

As of now, Italy has 5 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss in Group I of the World Qualifications with 15 points, ranking second in the group, 3 points behind Norway, the leader. According to the competition system, only the first place in the group can advance directly, and the second place must play in the play-offs. In other words, if the Azzurri want to directly qualify for the World Cup, they must beat Norway and tie the points in the next schedule to have a chance of survival. If they lose, they will once again become the second team in the millennium. However, the Norwegian team has maintained a complete victory so far, and the number one star Haaland is in an even better state. It is not easy to get all 3 points. However, Cantonese's courage to show off his sword is still worthy of our tribute. What do you think?