{"id":165763,"date":"2026-04-04T09:42:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T09:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=165763"},"modified":"2026-04-04T09:42:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T09:42:30","slug":"italian-soccer-federation-president-resigns-after-2026-world-cup-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=165763","title":{"rendered":"Italian Soccer Federation President RESIGNS after 2026 World Cup failure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xs_-Mmquu1Y?rel=0&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Lisa Carlin and Ian Joy are joined by Marco Messina to discuss the news that the President of the Italian Soccer Federation, Gabriele Gravina, has resigned, indicating significant structural changes to Italian soccer after the recent failure to qualify for the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>00:00 &#8211; Gravina and Buffon resign<br \/>\n01:09 &#8211; Marco Messina joins, talks Gravina&#8217;s failures<br \/>\n02:20 &#8211; What are the next steps for the Italian Federation? Gattuso next?<br \/>\n04:24 &#8211; Gianluigi Buffon steps down<br \/>\n05:50 &#8211; Serie A revamps? Is there a plan for the league to foster youth?<br \/>\n08:40 &#8211; Who will replace President Gravina and Buffon? Baggio? Mancini? Maldini?<br \/>\n11:00 &#8211; What direction does Italy go?<\/p>\n<p>Stream UCL on Paramount+ &#8211; http:\/\/bit.ly\/UCLonParamount<br \/>\nWatch UCL Extended Highlights &#8211; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkwBiY2Dq-oYX&#8211;AqrRszzMR4_C8YwiBn<br \/>\nWatch UCL Today with Thierry Henry, Kate Scott, Micah Richards and Jamie Carragher &#8211; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkwBiY2Dq-oYdin8WdtaOExGhaRZI_dJ8<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our other CBS Sports Golazo channels!<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CBSSportsGolazoEurope<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@golazoamerica<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@wgolazo<\/p>\n<p>Home of UEFA Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Champions League, UEFA Europa and Conference Leagues, NWSL, Serie A and Serie A Women, EFL Championship, EFL League One, EFL League Two and Carabao Cup, Concacaf Men&#8217;s World Cup Qualifiers and W Champions Cup, US Open Cup, USL, Liga MX, SPFL and more.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xs_-Mmquu1Y\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lisa Carlin and Ian Joy are joined by Marco Messina to discuss the news that the President of the Italian Soccer Federation, Gabriele Gravina, has resigned, indicating significant structural changes&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":165764,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-world-wide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=165763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/165764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=165763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=165763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=165763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}