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Overview
- Italy’s national team, which lost Wednesday’s playoff to Bosnia on penalties in Zenica, will miss a third straight World Cup.
- Sports minister Andrea Abodi asked the Olympic committee CONI to consider intervening in the football federation and pushed for a change at the top.
- FIGC president Gabriele Gravina resigned Thursday and called a June 22 extraordinary election, and delegation chief Gianluigi Buffon also stepped down.
- The federation expects losses of more than €30 million from sponsor penalty clauses, reduced merchandise and ticket sales, and missed FIFA prize money.
- Brazil’s staff viewed the France and Croatia friendlies as key tests, with most spots effectively locked, Neymar’s fitness still in doubt, and Endrick and Igor Thiago pressing for places before the May 18 announcement.