FIGC president asks Gennaro Gattuso and Gianluigi Buffon to stay in roles with national team

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/italy/hlKvieGH/"]Italy[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/bosnia-herzegovina-fqe7WYTr/italy-hlKvieGH/?mid=2B8dzIX9"]lost 4-1 a penalty shoot-out after drawing 1-1 in Zenica[/a], and became the first World Cup winners to miss three consecutive editions of the tournament, which this year will be held in the United States, Canada and Mexico.[/p][p]"[b]I've asked him to stay and asked ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/donnarumma-gianluigi/WScbdXmL/"]Gianluigi)[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/buffon-gianluigi/xKQMi1qO/"]Buffon[/a] to stay in charge of the football side,[/b]" Gabriele Gravina, president of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), told reporters.[/p][p]Buffon has a role within the FIGC which involves overseeing the senior and youth national teams.[/p][embed guid="d481d616-82aa-4196-865c-79d68c40e379" url="https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/2039110187223490570?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Asked whether he would accept Gravina's invitation to stay, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gattuso-gennaro/4KygbMf9/"]Gattuso[/a] repeated what he said to Italian broadcaster RAI by saying it "wasn't important".[/p][p]"[b]The defeat hurts too much,[/b]" said Gattuso.[/p][p]A World Cup winner as a player in 2006, Gattuso was hired in June last year to replace the sacked [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/spalletti-luciano/n3dg3lHR/"]Luciano Spalletti[/a], with a contract which expires after the World Cup.[/p][p]Gravina also said he would not step down, but his presence as the head of the FIGC would be discussed at a board meeting next week.[/p]