{"id":169744,"date":"2026-04-27T09:16:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T09:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=169744"},"modified":"2026-04-27T09:16:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T09:16:35","slug":"whats-next-for-italy-5-ways-to-fix-italian-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=169744","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s NEXT for Italy? | 5 Ways to FIX Italian Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/19E-kLgApgE?rel=0&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Following the resignations of Gabriele Gravina, Gianluigi Buffon &#038; Gennaro Gattuso from their positions with Italy, the Golazo Matchday crew is looking ahead past their recent failure to qualify for the 2026 World Cup and taking a moment to break down their 5-step plan in order to SAVE Calcio in Italy. Join Poppy Miller, Mike Grella, Matteo Bonetti &#038; Marco Messina as they discuss potential managers who could assume leadership positions, as well as chat about the roster, breaking down which stars deserve a chance to play for Italy moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 1. TEAR IT DOWN<br \/>\n2:51 2. Appoint a true director\/president<br \/>\n5:37 3. Football-minded coaches<br \/>\n8:58 4. Fix youth structure<br \/>\n10:29 5. Find a core of players<\/p>\n<p>#italy #worldcup #worldcup2026 #italia #football #soccer #cbssports #cbssportsgolazo #cbs #donnaruma #baggio #reaction #breakdown #top5 <\/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=19E-kLgApgE\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the resignations of Gabriele Gravina, Gianluigi Buffon &#038; Gennaro Gattuso from their positions with Italy, the Golazo Matchday crew is looking ahead past their recent failure to qualify for&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":169745,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-169744","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\/169744","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=169744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/169745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=169744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=169744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=169744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}