{"id":5803,"date":"2026-04-10T16:48:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/5803\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T16:48:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:48:44","slug":"italys-football-revamp-a-new-era-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/5803\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy&#8217;s Football Revamp: A New Era Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Italy, once a powerhouse in international football, finds itself at a crossroads after failing to qualify for the World Cup finals for the third consecutive time. In an effort to revitalize the team, the Italian Football Federation has appointed Under-21 coach Silvio Baldini to lead the squad in two friendly matches in June, announced on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Amid growing political pressure, the federation&#8217;s president Gabriele Gravina resigned, and former goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon stepped down as delegation chief. The team&#8217;s head coach, Gennaro Gattuso, also vacated his position, marking a significant reshuffle within the sport&#8217;s governing body in Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Italy will face Luxembourg away on June 3, followed by a match against Greece on June 7. These friendlies will precede their participation in the upcoming UEFA Nations League, where they will compete in Group 1 of League A alongside France, Belgium, and Turkey, starting in September, marking a potential turning point for the team.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>(With inputs from agencies.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Italy, once a powerhouse in international football, finds itself at a crossroads after failing to qualify for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[32,4369,143,1148,5,4354,674,2526,1420,113],"class_list":["post-5803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-italy","tag-football","tag-gabrielle-gravina","tag-gennaro-gattuso","tag-gianluigi-buffon","tag-italy","tag-luxembourg","tag-nations-league","tag-silvio-baldini","tag-uefa","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5803","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=5803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}