Italy must accept World Cup fate and avoid worldwide mockery - Gravina

Should

keep making hypothesis about their way into the World Cup, they will be the international football’s laughing stock, according to

Gabriele Gravina

on Saturday.

Italy could not make their way to the Qatar 2022 following their loss at the hands of

in the semi-final of the play-off, which made them very upset.

Ex-Juventus star Roberto Baggio also believes that it was “shameful” as they did not automatically allocated Italy a place in the

based on their triumph Euro 2020.

Gravina believes that Italy should accept their fate and move on, despite it being painful.

"A few weeks ago we launched a new way of working,"

Gravina told Italy's

Sky Sport

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"We said that we must work trying to be, all together, focused on regaining credibility.

"We know very well that it is not easy, and we know that there are critical issues, but credibility is linked to a very delicate phase, that is to eliminate everything that makes us not very credible.

"Allow me also to clarify the issue of World Cup repechage, which is making us not very credible. Football has winners and losers. Italy was eliminated and did not qualify, Italy does not participate in the World Cup.

"If we have to work because we believe that the rules must be changed, we will do it later. Today, Italy's out of the World Cup.

"Let's take it for granted because otherwise we continue to say things that honestly put everyone, even internationally, in a position to make fun of us."

Italy boss

Roberto Mancini

talked about his wish for Italy having new beginnings.

"The victory of the European Championship is part of the magic that are part of those tournaments. Now we have to start again and go back to that magic,"

said Mancini.

"I have never had this type of problem. In football, however, when you win everyone is with you and when you lose almost everyone against you. That's how it is. The restart is from now."

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