{"id":5331,"date":"2026-04-09T11:05:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/5331\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T11:05:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:05:27","slug":"its-not-the-world-cup-failure-donnarumma-in-tears-this-is-what-hurts-me-the-most","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/5331\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s not the World Cup failure\u2026 Donnarumma in tears: \u2018This is what hurts me the most\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Italy\u2019s record-breaking winning run and their 2021 European Championship triumph are genuine achievements, and Donnarumma insisted that the nation\u2019s footballing identity can be rebuilt.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">\u201cIn recent years, despite setbacks, we have reached important milestones,\u201d he said. \u201cWe must not discard that progress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">His message for the future was straightforward yet heartfelt: \u201cIt\u2019s tough, but we must push on with determination, knowing Italy will return stronger and greater.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">With the Nations League and the European Championship still to come before the next World Cup cycle, he argued that the rebuilding process must start sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">He concluded, \u201cThe first two days were very difficult and exhausting. It\u2019s painful, really painful. At first, I found it hard to process. But you have to start afresh, move forward and get on with it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Italy\u2019s record-breaking winning run and their 2021 European Championship triumph are genuine achievements, and Donnarumma insisted that the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2203,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,63,1859,5,62],"class_list":["post-5331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-italy","tag-bosnia-and-herzegovina","tag-bosnia-and-herzegovina-vs-italy","tag-g-donnarumma","tag-italy","tag-world-cup-qualification-uefa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}