Capello analyses Italy’s youth issue: ‘We don’t have suitable teachers’
Capello analyses Italy’s youth issue: ‘We don’t have suitable teachers’ Fabio Capello has given his latest opinion on the national side and the state of Italian football as a whole, and believes that there is a fundamental issue with the way that youth teams operate in Italy: ‘You can’t demand the kids to follow the same programmes as the professionals’. The mood surrounding the Italy national team remains at an all-time low following Tuesday night’s penalty shoot-out defeat against Bosnia and Herzegovina , which cost the Azzurri a place at the World Cup for the third tournament cycle in a row. ZENICA, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA – MARCH 31: Francesco Pio Esposito of Italy shows reacts during the FIFA World Cup 2026 European Qualifiers KO play-offs match between Bosnia & Herzegovina and Italy at Stadion Bilino Polje on March 31, 2026 in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
(Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images) Capello, speaking in an interview with La Gazzetta dello Sport , believes that Italy had more than enough chances to win the game against Bosnia, but says that the defeat and the failure to qualify for three consecutive World Cups points to much deeper issues. “We could have won the match against Bosnia because we made mistakes, but if we can’t qualify even after the expansion of the World Cup, it means that we have problems,” the former Milan, Roma, Real Madrid and England coach said. “We have to do something different, look for another way, because mistakes have been made and we’re paying for them.
Failing to qualify three times in a row means that there is a disease that has not been cured. ” Among the issues that Capello has identified is the fact that there is not enough cohesion between the Italy national side and the players’ domestic clubs. “Once upon a time, the national team was made up of ‘blocks’ from club sides, but now the players are scattered about.
Without those blocks, there’s a lack of team spirit. Gattuuso tried to bring them closer together, he tried to create a group, but it’s difficult in these conditions. ” Capello was asked if he thinks that Italy’s biggest issues come on a technical, physical or mental level.
He replied: “The national team is the mirror of the national championship. In Italy, you walk and jog. In other countries they run and sprint.
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