In the World Cup’s missing country, failure sparks bitter political battle
Uniunea Europeana
ROME — Italy’s football crisis is turning into a test of Giorgia Meloni’s reach. Failure to qualify for the FIFA men’s World Cup for the third consecutive time triggered a major political and public outcry in the football-obsessed country that has now morphed into a bitter fight over who controls the sport. Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party leaped to propose curtailing the power of the country’s football association — the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC) — after its president, the 72-
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