Former President of the Italian National Olympic Committee Franco Carraro revealed that the failure of the Italian national team in the World Cup qualifiers will cost not only emotionally, but also harm the country's economy. Giampiero Ventura's proteges in Milan yesterday did not defeat Swedish footballers and lost the two-match confrontation with a score of 0-1. For the first time since 1958, the "azzurri" who have remained without a ticket to the World Cup could pay even more than a billion euros. "Roughly speaking, it will be 500-600 million and we still have to see if we are talking about direct or indirect damage. If we are talking about the latter, then indirectly all of this will exceed one billion," Carraro said. "Tavecchio (President of the Italian Football Federation - ed. note) said that he took free 48 hours - he must look in the mirror, he must evaluate the situation and if he thinks that there are suitable psychological and environmental conditions, he must stay." "If you think you should stay, you have to clearly say what you think." After yesterday's failure, four long-time members of the national team have already announced their withdrawal, but Ventura has not yet talked about resigning.
