Outside the World Cup and that background that says so much about the world of football: the match should have been played in Udine

Those who have been there, even on Wednesday, tell of an ancient facility, which is falling apart, where the last nail was put with the expensive modernization works started over thirty years ago to host the matches of an unmemorable group of Italy ’90.

Italy out of the World Cup is also in one sliding doorin a revolving door.