"Gabriele Gravina revealed he would step down as the country's top football official following a meeting held at the FIGC's headquarters in Rome on Thursday. His announcement came a day after Sport Minister Andrea Abodi called on him to resign."
"Italy's failure to reach the first-ever 48-team World Cup led Abodi to release a statement saying: It's clear that Italian football needs to be rebuilt from the ground up and that starts with changes at the top of the FIGC."
"The shock waves of the latest humiliation for one of the world's most successful football nations forced Gravina, 72, to go back on his initial plans to wait until a FIGC board meeting next week to announce a decision on his future."
The head of Italy's football federation, Gabriele Gravina, resigned after the men's national team failed to qualify for a World Cup for the third time. His resignation followed a call from Sport Minister Andrea Abodi. Italy lost in the playoffs to Bosnia and Herzegovina, missing the upcoming World Cup. Gravina's decision to resign came earlier than planned due to the shock of the team's failure. A vote for a new FIGC president is scheduled for June 22, with Gennaro Gattuso and Gianluigi Buffon also expected to resign.
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