Everything Gattuso said in his press conference for Italy’s 2026 World Cup play-off

45 CET). Whoever wins that will go on to face either Wales or Bosnia and Herzegovina away from home on March 31 for a spot at the World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the USA. Gattuso on Italy pressure and Northern Ireland danger Gennaro Gattuso’s press conference on March 23, 2026 at Coverciano.

“I’d be lying if I said when I put my head on the pillow at night, I didn’t hear the voices saying ‘take us to the World Cup, take us to the World Cup, take us to the World Cup,’” smiled Gattuso in his press conference. “I hear it, and I also hear that this is certainly the most important game of my career, even if I’ve been coaching for a few years now. “Having said that, I am prepared, and believe me I am not thinking about what happens if things go badly.

I want to think positive, to think big. Tomorrow we will certainly play our game, and then we’ll see. ” What do the Nazionale have to look out for against Northern Ireland in Bergamo?

“You need experience on the field, but tomorrow we must be ready to suffer when Northern Ireland systematically pump the ball into the box, remember that any free kick will see their goalkeeper smack a long ball forward with eight or nine players showing incredible hunger fighting for the loose ball and rebound. “We know all of this, we’ve been talking about dinners for months with the players, but I also make phone calls with them, and modern players are evolved, they are capable of studying tactical systems. We’ve been doing video lectures for two days.