Italian sports activities minister Andrea Abodi is assured an settlement shall be reached to grant Gennaro Gattuso a brief coaching camp in early February, however stresses that Serie A fixtures won’t be shifted to make it occur.
Gattuso is pushing for a quick gathering earlier than the , but shifting league matches is actually unworkable beneath the present calendar.
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The final two seasons have already proven how troublesome, bordering on not possible, it’s to rearrange even a single fixture, not to mention a whole spherical.
Regardless of FIGC-Lega cooperation, the one sensible window seems to be the Coppa Italia quarter-finals. These ties are set for February 4 and 11, and the concept could be to reshuffle them as soon as the bracket turns into clearer, in accordance with .
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The precept is straightforward: matches involving fewer Italy internationals could possibly be moved to the week of the coaching camp, whereas the ties with the best focus of Azzurri gamers could be positioned exterior it.
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As a result of the draw contains extensively completely different profiles: for instance an Udinese-Genoa quarter would barely influence Gattuso, whereas one thing like Inter-Roma would pull a number of first-team regulars, subsequently organisers will look forward to the precise matchups earlier than locking within the dates.
BERGAMO, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 05: Coach Gennaro Gattuso of Italy gesture throughout the FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifier match between Italy and Estonia at Stadio di Bergamo on September 05, 2025 in Bergamo, Italy. (Photograph by Mattia Ozbot/Getty Photos)
Until Italian sides endure a catastrophic elimination wave in Europe, one thing that might unintentionally ease scheduling, readability will come solely after the Spherical of 16 is settled. For now, nothing is determined, however the intention is obvious: shield Gattuso’s camp with out touching Serie A.