{"id":2012,"date":"2026-04-01T08:53:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T08:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/2012\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T08:53:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T08:53:21","slug":"%f0%9f%87%ae%f0%9f%87%b9-italian-and-world-press-in-uproar-after-italys-failure-%f0%9f%97%9e%ef%b8%8f-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/2012\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf9 Italian and world press in uproar after Italy&#8217;s FAILURE \ud83d\uddde\ufe0f"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Italy lose on penalties in Bosnia and fail to qualify for the World Cup in the United States. What seemed impossible has become reality.<\/p>\n<p>With this, Italy\u2019s tally of consecutive World Cups watched from the sofa rises to three, after Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022. Something unimaginable on the eve of the first playoff, the one played against Sweden.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the players and the managers have changed, but in the last two cases the leadership of the FIGC has not, and \u2014 inevitably \u2014 it is being assigned the greatest share of the blame.<\/p>\n<p>Debacle, Caporetto, psychodrama: call it what you want, but what we are witnessing is rewriting the pages of Italian sport, and doing so in the worst possible way. Turning to the press, today\u2019s front pages can do nothing but highlight the failure of the senior national team.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf9 The three sports dailies<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"512\" height=\"771\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f20cb466dc72a1679d69876462c38199.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A clear common thread for Italy\u2019s three sports dailies, two of which \u2014 Tuttosport and Il Corriere dello Sport \u2014 lead with the same image: Pio Esposito on the ground, his hands covering his face.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"437\" height=\"643\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/4569b9a05bb2df960f4abdef608b3bf0.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone go home\u201d is the headline used twice, while Tuttosport opts for \u201cEveryone out\u201d. No further comment is needed.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"430\" height=\"636\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/59d0418b206e457f7e8e346f868cce67.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf0 The other newspapers<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Even in the non-sports papers, the front pages do not overlook the Azzurri\u2019s failure. From \u201cWorld disaster\u201d to an enigmatic \u201cNow everyone go home,\u201d the overall message is clear.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1456\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/43be2515e7657d7eb12863e9edf12b1d.jpeg\"\/><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1425\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/065cecb9b11fd12bf24062c8273faaed.jpeg\"\/><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1423\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/48fa783e873ba9a8fba45f4636055b2f.jpeg\"\/><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1266\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/be908c76e16587b85e3dc8d0d43f3c94.jpeg\"\/><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1430\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5d34192d71cd129687f22688d2df45e5.jpeg\"\/>And Italy\u2019s embarrassment crosses borders<\/p>\n<p>As expected, Italy\u2019s failure to qualify has caused a stir abroad as well, where three newspapers in particular have devoted their front pages to the Azzurri.<\/p>\n<p>The French paper L&#8217;\u00c9quipe gives its entire front page to Donnarumma, with the headline \u201cItaly, down again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1221\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/6a1e02c282f1d29ac824193ead3b918c.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Le Figaro also chooses an Italian for its front page, but this time it is Moise Kean.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1534\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/89239616019c1f6bed40415b17b97330.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Finally, Spain\u2019s Marca runs with the headline \u201cThird World Cup failure\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>In short, abroad too there is plenty of talk about the shame of Gattuso\u2019s national team.<\/p>\n<p>This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/es\/noticias\/la-prensa-italiana-y-mundial-un-clamor-tras-el-fracaso-de-italia-42643652\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:You can read the original 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