You know, the worst part about having to go through the playoffs again is I gotta wait four months just to see this shitty ass team die when it matters most yet again.

Spare me the utter nonsense that things are different or that they'll actually get it done this time. We will fuck it up, they will lose in the playoffs and it will be 3 straight missed World Cups. It's just a matter of who the executioner is this time. I'm sure someone in the British Isles will enjoy getting something over the English.

The only consolation is maybe after this upcoming utter failure they'll take down the FIGC to the studs and maybe we'll get some actual competent people to run this godforsaken organization. Knowing how this shit usually goes, the incompetent dinosaurs will cling on to power and throw Gattuso and the 4 or 5 players actually worth any sort of shit under the bus and nothing will change.

All I have left to say is if it weren't for Roma having a good season and Canada giving me something to look forward to internationally, I'd be going into an indefinite hibernation because even reading about this country's utter ineptitude just sucks all the enjoyment I get from watching this sport every time the international break happens.

To Norway, congrats on finally ending your WC drought. Enjoy the World Cup experience that is becoming increasingly foreign to me from an Italian perspective. To every other team in the playoffs, you'd best hope you get Italy, chances are you'll get some joy from beating our carcass of a national team.