Giorgio Chiellini prolonged his playing career at Juventus in part because he wanted to lead the Italian team to the World Cup later this year.
However, the defender had to leave the Bianconeri a year before his contract was due to expire after the Azzurri failed to qualify for the world’s top international competition.
Juve have missed his influence and he is ending his playing career at LAFC.
The defender will watch at home how other countries play in the World Cup and spoke about the heartbreak again recently.
He admits that he never believed that the Azzurri would not qualify for the competition.
Chiellini said, quoted by Tuttojuve:
We are still devastated by this. I honestly never thought it could have happened. . I stayed in blue while I was able to be a benchmark for young people. Continuing on the sidelines or becoming a burden would not have made any sense.”
Juve FC says
After winning Euro 2020, almost everyone expected that Italy would be back in the World Cup this year, but it was not to be.
It’s enough to break any heart, and it’s embarrassing to think that the Azzurri wouldn’t play in two World Cups in a row.
