Tearful Italian football boss has not slept since elimination


FILE PHOTO - Soccer Football - 2018 World Cup Qualification - Europe - Italy vs Israel - Reggio Emilia, Italy - September 5, 2017 Italian FA president Carlo Tavecchio REUTERS/Alberto Lingria

MILAN (Reuters) - Italian football federation (FIGC) president Carlo Tavecchio said he has not slept since Monday's World Cup elimination which he blamed firmly on coach Gian Piero Ventura.

Ventura was sacked on Wednesday, two days after a goalless draw at home to Sweden meant that Italy failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1958.

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