Today is a decisive day for one of football’s historic powers.
Italy is struggling visit Bosnia and Herzegovina In the European qualifying play-offs on Tuesday, 4 time champion We are desperately trying not to miss out on our third consecutive victory. world cup.
Italy was defeated by Sweden and north macedonia They missed the qualifying play-offs in the past two World Cups and have not played in soccer’s biggest event since 2014.
In last week’s European playoff semi-final, Italy beat Northern Ireland 2-0. Bosnia defeated Wales on penalties.
Tuesday’s other European play-off final is Sweden vs. Poland. Kosovo vs. Türkiye. And Czech Republic vs. Denmark.
All four games are scheduled to kick off at 8:45 p.m. local time (6:45 p.m. GMT, 2:45 p.m. ET).
Italy’s World Cup struggles began immediately after their last victory in 2006. The Azzurri were eliminated in the group stage of the 2014 and 2018 finals.
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