Luciano Moggi has launched a severe attack on the current condition of Italian football, following the Azzurri’s third consecutive elimination from World Cup contention. He has explicitly called for Gabriele Gravina to resign and urged Sports Minister Andrea Abodi to intervene, forcing genuine and profound structural changes within the system.
Speaking on Radio Tutto Napoli, the former director for both Juventus and Napoli drew a direct link between Italy’s contemporary football crisis and the fallout from the Calciopoli scandal of 2006. He asserted that Italian football has been in an irreversible decline ever since its last major triumph on the international stage.
“Remember that our last significant success was in 2006, when we secured the World Cup with a powerful leadership structure,” Moggi stated. “From that moment, with the onset of Calciopoli, Italian football essentially met its end.”
Moggi: ‘Italy is Fundamentally Broken; The Fish Rots From The Head, Gravina Must Step Aside’
Regarding Gravina’s leadership, Moggi was unequivocal. “The national team serves as a mirror of the entire system. If we have faced elimination three times, it unequivocally means that something is fundamentally flawed at the very base. The common saying, ‘the fish rots from the head,’ applies here; therefore, Gabriele Gravina should step down. He has proven neither fortunate nor capable enough for the responsibility.”
His proposed remedy for recovery was equally stark. “We must initiate a complete reset, a thorough cleansing. Minister Abodi needs to intervene decisively and seriously. Enough with the discussions: what is truly required is a profound revolution.”
The suggestion that political intervention might be the only viable route to compel meaningful transformation within the FIGC reflects a growing sentiment across Italy: that the federation is incapable of reforming itself from within its existing structures.
Moggi also expressed strong support for Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis concerning his demands for a comprehensive restructuring of Serie A.
“De Laurentiis is correct; a general overhaul is absolutely essential because the current situation simply cannot continue,” he declared. “Today, we have reached a point where we are apprehensive of facing teams like Bosnia. That fact alone speaks volumes about our current state.”
