I'm John Batchel. I welcome my friend and colleague Lorenzo Fiore. He is reporting from the north of Italy about the reaction, the thinking. Now the facts are in, the Azuri, that is the Italian national team, failed to qualify again for the World Cup by losing a shootout to Bosnia-Herzegovina.

What I learned from the news several days later is that the management, the president,

the leadership is now resigning in despair, and there will be a new guidance for the Azuri.

Lorenzo, I know this is extremely important to all of Italy, and it's regrettable, but still,

the new leadership, do you believe it will make a change in the results for the next World Cup?

Good evening to you.

Good evening, John. Good evening to all the listener.

Well, let me tell you that this is a real disaster.

I mean, the Italy football-wise cannot accept to be out of the World Championship for

the third time consecutive.

And I think that the resignation of the president of the Italian Football Federation,

the resign of the technical director of all the Italian football teams and also of the

trainer is the right things to do.

Italy football needs to reform itself.

I mean, it is not acceptable that the national sport is not performing to an acceptable

level.

I saw the match and the TV.

Bosnia is a good team, but they are not really something out of something achievable

with the good results by an Italian team. And so Italy play very tactically. They didn't show

any aggressivity. So there is a need to reform the football in Italy,

just to give you an understanding.

The Italian teams playing in the Premier League,

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