Football Daily | Dilly ding, dilly dong! Italy press the big World Cup panic button again

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!When Italy were humbled by Norway in their opening World Cup qualifier on Friday night, the response from Gazzetta dello Sport was as measured as you would expect. “ENOUGH!” screamed the pink paper’s front-page headline the next day, while the lengthy howl of anguish over which it appeared declared that the country’s “World Cup is already at risk”. While Luciano Spalletti had been bullish in the immediate aftermath of his knack-ravaged side’s 3-0 defeat in Oslo, on Sunday he cut a far more forlorn figure as he appeared alone before a bloodthirsty press-pack to preview the qualifier against Moldova, unaccompanied by any of his players or even a simpering national team media handler.Taking into account the circumstances and a loss of trust in the coach [Michal Probierz], I have decided to resign from playing for the Poland national team for as long as he remains in charge. I hope I will still have another chance to play again for the best fans in the world” – Robert Lewandowski reacts well to losing the captain’s armband.So Spurs sack Ange at exactly one minute past the time that Football Daily was sent out. That is so Spursy and not Spursy at the same time. Frank-ly, I am not surprised” – Nigel Sanders.Brentford lost eight and won only one of Thomas Frank’s first 10 games in charge. How long do you think he would last at Tottenham if that happened there?” – Russell Wallman.Possibly the second instance of a tragic figure called Ange, stumbling from one crisis to the next, getting their divorce papers after their greatest triumph” – Kev McReady.Apropos of nothing, Tottenham Hotspur’s next competitive fixture is a cup final. Ryan Mason must be kicking himself for leaving to join West Brom …” – Noble Francis.I’m not sure New Zealand could support, as Jon Millard put it, the weight of CR7’s ego. It’s already snapped in the middle” – Jarrod Prosser. Continue reading...

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