Relations between the head coach and the players of the Italian national team - another reason for the failure of the national team.
Italy could not make it to the World Cup for the first time in 60 years. On the sum of the two-legged confrontation, the Italians lost to the Swedes (0: 1, 0: 0).
Italian media reported that Ventura quarreled with some players of the national team even after the first match. Then the players offered the coach to change his approach, and he threatened them with retirement.
It is noted that the intervention of age-old players saved the situation, but after this situation the coach became more confident in his methods and stopped listening to the players at all.
Previously, candidates for the replacement of Ventura, although his resignation has not yet been officially announced.