Italy manager GennaroGattuso is bracing for a bruising battle against Northern Ireland in March when the sides meet in their play-off semi-final for next year's World Cup... Gattuso, 47, said.
... giving it their best shot the Italians came up woefully short, coming out on the wrong end of an embarrassing 4-1 hiding that prompted GennaroGattuso to flag up his side’s “fear and fragility”.
“It’s not a question for me, but it is for whoever draws up the rules and the groups,” Gattuso moaned, before proceeding to wang on by way of response to the question he had decided was not for him.