Gennaro Gattuso explains why Federico Chiesa was sent home from Italy duty

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Italy manager Gennaro Gattuso has explained why Federico Chiesa left the Italy camp so soon after being called up. Now Italy manager Gennaro Gattuso has explained that he had “minor” physical issues and that it would be “useless” for him to stay.

“He had some minor [physical] issues and we decided that it was useless for him to stay,” he explained. My staff and I did everything we could; now it’s up to us.

It’s useless to think about what we could have done; we must only think about Thursday’s game, nothing else. Everyone must only be focused on this game.” For Chiesa, it’s another brutal twist of fate – brought back for Italy’s biggest camp in years, only to be ruled out before he could even step on the pitch.