Gattuso: Failure to win 11-1 is not my problem and I cannot accept fans insulting players

After defeating Moldova 2-0, Italian coach Gattuso said in an interview with RAI Sport that he could not accept fans insulting players.

Gattuso said this: "What are you talking about? This is not the best performance of the Italian team? I saw the players controlled the game and Moldova did not even have a shot on target. If you are expecting an 11-1 victory like Norway against Moldova, that is not my problem. There are no easy games."

"It makes me sad to hear those voices from the fans today, they are shouting for us to work hard. Now we have to The team is united and doing what they should do. Playing away from home and hearing more than five hundred fans insulting the players, I can't accept it. "

"It's really difficult to field 11 new players at the beginning. It's okay. I thought in my heart that we might even lose with so many players changed, but I have to pay tribute to them. They performed better than I expected."

Regarding Italy's possible participation in the play-offs. Gattuso said: "This is not a question that I can answer, but a question for the people who made the rules and groupings. In the 1994 World Cup, there were only two African teams, but now there are many, and they are still increasing."

"When I was playing, the first place in each group and the second place in the group with the best results would directly advance. We now have 18 points, won six games, but have to play two more play-offs to qualify. This does not seem reasonable."

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