Apocalytic scenario for the national team of Italy “” a total bankruptcy! The whole system could collapse “

Article by Daniel Scorpie – published on Saturday, October 11, 2025, 11:11 / Updated on Saturday, October 11, 2025 11:13
The Italians worry before the Estonia match, scheduled in the preliminaries of the 2026 World Championship. After watching on television the Russian editions 2018 and Qatar 2022, Squadra Azzurra risks missing the third final tournament, a perspective that would cause violation for all the Peninsular Football.
The national team of Italy wants to approach 3 points to the leader of Group I, Norway, and thus strengthen its second place, for which they are struggling with the representative of Israel.
If he will not be able to overcome in the final selected Scandinavian ranking, then Gennaro Gattuso's band will arrive again in the play-off, as has happened to the preliminary premiers, in which lost in front of Sweden and Northern Macedonia.

Gennaro Gattuso, along with Gianluigi Buffon, head of the Italian delegation, and Gabriele Grărina, President Figc. Photo: Imago
Gazzetta dello Sport: “A play-off that gives us chills. Italy must avoid a dangerous duel with Scotland or Hungary”
Gazzetta Dello Sport presented today the possible route of Squadrei Azzurra in the attempt to qualify for the competition organized in the US, Mexico and Canada. “If Norway wins the match with Israel, Italy is almost certainly convicted of finishing in the second position.” Write the pink daily.
“A play-off that gives us chills. Italy will be a series in the semifinals, but you will have to avoid a dangerous duel with Scotland or Hungary,” the source continues. Which publishes the realistic analysis of the possible apocalyptic scenario for the world champion quadruple: the failure of the third consecutive world.
Throughout history, Italy was missing at four final tournaments, the first two being in 1930 (not participated in qualifications) and 1958, and the last, in 2018 and 2022.

The conflict on the lawn, at the end of the match from Debrecen, Israel – Italy 4-5 / Photo: Imago
“Disaster for the federation. Without the money from qualifying for the competition in America, everything would collapse. Not only on the sporty level would be a bankruptcy. The third world missed would shorten the Italian football, they would collapse the whole system,” the alarm signal draws.
Gazzetta Dello Sport has published the amounts that the federation has lost due to elimination in the last play-off. From the lost FIFA bonuses, the penalties of sponsors and lower revenues from the marketing of products and copyrights amounted to a maximum of 31.9 million euros.
Losses of 41.1 million euros for the absence in Qatar!
To which the ones should be added 41.1 million potential euros for our absence from Qatar four years later. In 2026, the contracts will be revised, as is the case at the end of each four -year period.
And if we absent from America, some surprises could occur. Not from the Adidas technical sponsor, who chose to associate with the national team from 2023 to 2031 for an amount of about 35 million euros.

Gianluigi Donnarumma, in Israel – Italy 4-5 / Photo: Imago
And he did this with the typical forecast of those who decide commercial strategies of this kind. The US, Canada and Mexico tournament are already announced to be an unprecedented World Championship. And, for this reason, a new failure would cause great dissatisfaction.
FIFA has informally announced that the money prizes will be $ 896 million, being the highest in history, more than double the total amount allocated for 2022.
The goal for the world of the year should be viewed in the light of what could be and what it would be. For Victoria at Euro 2020, Italian economists estimated an increase in the gross domestic product of 0.7% and with an estimated impact of 12 billion euros
At Gazzetta dello SportItalian daily




