THE ITALIAN JOB

Gattuso in a fight to get Azzurri to the US

- BY TERRY DALEY

GENNARO Gattuso begins his reign as Italy coach at 8.45pm tonight with the visit of Estonia and a fixture with Israel as he bids to stop the Azzurri from missing out on a third consecutive World Cup.

Italy are at risk of not qualifying for next year’s finals in the United States, Canada and Mexico after a troubled start to their campaign in June which cost Luciano Spalletti — already under pressure from a swak European title defence — his job.