Gian Piero Ventura had lost the esteem of his own players, it was evident even for the most distracted and he too knew it, before knowing the results of the unfortunate play-off against Sweden. He already knew that "he had lost" and that in any case it had gone, it would have been the case to remove the disturbance and [...]

read more

Tonight, at 20.45 pm at the “Meazza” stadium in Milan, in front of no less than 70.000 spectators, Italy will play, without any possibility of failing, access to the final phase of the World Cup scheduled in Russia in 2018. After having incredibly complicated our lives in last Friday's first leg play-off, tonight, the only result [...]

read more

The first of the two matches that are worth access to the final phase of the 2018 World Cup in Russia ends very badly. A modest Sweden beats Italy 1-0 in the first leg of the playoff that are worth participation in the next world championships. For the Azzurri it is now even harder and above all given Italy tonight, they will have to accomplish a feat in [...]

read more

The day of reckoning for Italy coach Ventura has come, who tonight at the Friends Arena in Solna will play half visa for participation in the World Cup to be held in Russia in 2018. The other half of the visa will be up for grabs in the return match against Sweden scheduled for Monday 13 [...]

read more

Luckily Ciro Immobile will take care of averting the complete "debacle" of the Azzurri and bringing Italy closer to the minimum goal set in view of the desirable participation in Russia 2018: the infamous play-offs, a ruthless formula from inside or outside. Just three days ago, despite knowing the limits of our national team but perhaps above all being aware [...]

read more

Here comes the long-awaited play-off to directly access Russia 2018 without having to go through the November play-offs. Italy only needs a victory to avoid this eventuality, and from the signals coming from the blue environment, the coach Ventura will do everything to obtain it. The Azzurri return to the Bernabeu for the first time after the [...]

read more