Italy’s World Cup fiasco sparks political fury

Galeazzo Bignami, the leader in the chamber of deputies of Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party, wrote on X that Gravina “must simply resign,” adding that, “Italian football needs to be overhauled, and his resignation is essential.”

Four-time world champions Italy lost a playoff match on penalties to Bosnia and Herzegovina on Tuesday night.

Its most recent appearance at the World Cup was in 2014, when the team didn’t make it out of the group phase; then it failed to qualify for Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022. The last time the Azzurri actually won a knockout match on football’s biggest stage

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