Goals galore for Gattuso's Italy in World Cup qualifiers, France start with win | Sports

PARIS, Sept 6, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Gennaro Gattuso enjoyed his start to life as Italy coach on Friday as his team beat Estonia 5-0 to get their 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign back on track, while Kylian Mbappe struck as France began their bid with a win against Ukraine. A World Cup winner as a combative midfielder in 2006, Gattuso was brought in as coach in June to stop Italy's slide towards a third-consecutive missed World Cup finals. His tenure started in style as second-half strikes by Moise Kean, Mateo Retegui -- who netted twice -- Giacomo Raspadori and Alessandro Bastoni fired Italy to three points and had fans chanting the coach's name in Bergamo. Italy are third in Group...