Luciano Spalletti will continue as coach of Italy despite the team’s exclusion from the current Euro 2024.
A 2-0 defeat to Switzerland saw Italy relinquish their European champions crown.
Following the team’s elimination, there were calls for Spalletti to be relieved of his position as head coach.
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But after meeting with the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) on Saturday, the former Napoli coach will keep his job.
“We had a long conversation with the coach yesterday and I think it is unthinkable to solve our problems by abandoning a project that has lasted several years,” said FIGC president Gabriele Gravina at Fabrizio Romano’s X. “You cannot abandon a project after 8 or 9 months.”
The defeat against Switzerland was the first time that Italy had lost two games in a single edition of the European Championship.
