First he attacked fans for chants against his Italy and then he criticized the new qualifying formula for the World Cup which favors teams with no football tradition. After victory was only achieved in the last minutes against Moldova, the Italian coach Gennaro Gattuso he was furious especially because of what he heard during the match while his players were unable to break the deadlock: «I heard what the fans said, it’s a shame they told us to go to work – said the Italian coach to Rai – It’s a shame: I don’t accept it but we will move on. I saw Italy play, they never had a shot on goal. I’m very satisfied, if you stay 11-1 against Norway, that’s your problem.”
Gattuso attacks the formula for the World Cup
Gattuso then also spoke about the qualification formula. “In 94 there were two Africans, now there are eight.
In my time, the best European runners-up went straight to the World Cup…”. Then he returned to the match: «I’m very satisfied, we did what we had to do, gave playing time to many players. There are no easy games, the opponents never have a shot on goal. We know what our goal is and we continue like this: it’s time to stick together, the team fights on the pitch.”
One of the two goal scorers, Pio, also spoke after the match Esposito: «It’s always a great emotion to play in this shirt, especially scoring goals. I get along well with Retegui, he is a complete striker. Our entire attacking unit is strong. Scoring a goal at San Siro against Norway would also be amazing.” Sandro also shared his thoughts on the match tone: «In the first half, like against Estonia, we were not clean and did not score, so the game became more difficult, minute by minute. Victory in the final gives us a lot of hope for our future: I look at our reaction, we want to go home with the three points.” From Roma to the national team, a night full of grace for Gianluca Mancini goal scorer who broke the deadlock: «We have prepared ourselves to face a closed team, where it is not easy to find space. In the first half we only conceded one counter-attack, but we weren’t very good at unblocking them, and in this game, the more time passes, the more difficult it becomes. We had chances, in some situations we needed more composure in understanding the space or in making the right pass. In the end we broke the deadlock, then we also scored the second goal.”
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