Unbelievable, after 60 years Italy won't be competing in a World Cup.A few thoughts on Italy today:
- Italy failed to score in 180 minutes.
- Ventura is shite. A 3-1-6 formation from the beginning, does he actually thinks that having more forwards is gonna make the team score more goals? pathetic. Having no midfield was the key.
- Gabbiadini over El Shaarawy? Parolo over Insigne!? seriously, who is Parolo and what was he doing in the starting 11? Insigne is the best attacking player on the team, and he didn't see a single minute today. C'mon Ventura.
- The fact that the 3 defenders (Bonucci, Barzagli, Chiellini) were the ones pushing the team forward says a lot about the team today.
- The FIGC should fired Ventura, and also the guys reponsible for choosing him as the coach.
Congrats to Sweden, they were solid defensively. The beat France, Netherlands, and Italy to make it to the World Cup. Incredible.
And did anyone see Buffon in the interview after match? the guy was devastated, crying, it was hard to watch. He retired from the national team today, great career with the 'Azzurri', an absolute legend.
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It will be interesting to see whether the Italians will be able to break the defense of the Swedish national team in today's game. Football is a very unpredictable sport. I'll bet on the pass of the Italians.
They better up their game because a world cup without Italy will be worse than anything and the Swedish with their first leg advantage will like to hang on to their hopes of going to Russia. Not going to be easy but i think Italy will do their homework well.
Adios Italia,surprise even not Italy is simply playing very poor football,now thay have to think a lot to make comeback
I'm really surprised Italy couldn't make it to the world cup..what must have gone wrong? i guess this is strange and their FA need to sit up because it is unbefitting of Italian football and i'm sad for them really.
Adios Italia,surprise even not Italy is simply playing very poor football,now thay have to think a lot to make comeback
Agree, Italy played poor football tonight and to be honest, Sweden deserved to play in World Cup. Italy have amazing defence line and goalkeeper, but with lack of high class forwards and midfielders they didn't had many chances against Sweden bus. For me it looked strange that Insigne was left on a bench. I'm very sad for Buffon - it's worst way to retire from national team. Now it's interesting who will become new coach of Italy - it's obvious that Italy was too high level for Ventura and Italy need something more than no name manager. And maybe with new manager we will see Balotelli in Italy squad - I'm missing him a bit.P.S. Today it was several questionable 11m penalty moments, but referee didn't saw nothing wrong.
Adios Italia,surprise even not Italy is simply playing very poor football,now thay have to think a lot to make comeback
Wow, I can not believe that Italy will not attend the World Cup. I watched the match on TV. It just ended 0 - 0. Sweden goes to the World Championship and Italy stays at home. They have had many many chances and missed to make a goal. Glad that I did not bet because I would have been definitely bet on a win of Italy, espcially after the performance in the first half.
Switzerland and Croatia won their place on Wold Cup completely deserved,they are better in first game and they defended the result in second game.Some may say that Switzerland is get undeservedly penalty kick and that is true,but overall they were a better team.Croatia is play smart last night and Greece despite a little better performance did not had some real chances.Statistic say that there is only one shot on traget in whole game.
In tonight game Italy will try to qualify and it is very likely that they will succeed despite minimal defeat in first match.They simply know how to play these games and I think they are capable to score once or twice and keep a clean sheet.Marco Verratti is out for tonight game due suspension for Italy,and Leonardo Bonucci have broken nose but is expected to play.
In tonight game Italy will try to qualify and it is very likely that they will succeed despite minimal defeat in first match.They simply know how to play these games and I think they are capable to score once or twice and keep a clean sheet.Marco Verratti is out for tonight game due suspension for Italy,and Leonardo Bonucci have broken nose but is expected to play.
I think Italy who have taken place in every world cup in the last 59 years will also qualify today. It is also my main tip in my thread. The coach has made some radical changes to the attack as after seeing the game in Sweden the attacking part was the one with the worst game play. Now the coach have put 2 different forwarders and I think these has better performance compared to Immobile and Belloti. You will see an easy win from Italy tonight.
It will be interesting to see whether the Italians will be able to break the defense of the Swedish national team in today's game. Football is a very unpredictable sport. I'll bet on the pass of the Italians.
They better up their game because a world cup without Italy will be worse than anything and the Swedish with their first leg advantage will like to hang on to their hopes of going to Russia. Not going to be easy but i think Italy will do their homework well.
It will be interesting to see whether the Italians will be able to break the defense of the Swedish national team in today's game. Football is a very unpredictable sport. I'll bet on the pass of the Italians.
If I bet with my feelings and my belongings I will surely say that Italy will pass, but after the first leg in Sweden I doubt that the Niratzouri will go to the World Cup, and this in my opinion due mainly to the coach who can never control such an effective or lead such a national team.
But, while the case concerns Italy we just have to wait because all is possible.
I want Italy to qualify but the greatest likelihood is the Sweden who qualify. Whatever the outcome later, I want this to be a great match. Italy are a great team, world cup winners, so Italy should qualify. There is no reason for them to hold back. I want Italy to play football and Sweden defend with all their might.
It will be interesting to see whether the Italians will be able to break the defense of the Swedish national team in today's game. Football is a very unpredictable sport. I'll bet on the pass of the Italians.
If I bet with my feelings and my belongings I will surely say that Italy will pass, but after the first leg in Sweden I doubt that the Niratzouri will go to the World Cup, and this in my opinion due mainly to the coach who can never control such an effective or lead such a national team.
But, while the case concerns Italy we just have to wait because all is possible.
It will be interesting to see whether the Italians will be able to break the defense of the Swedish national team in today's game. Football is a very unpredictable sport. I'll bet on the pass of the Italians.
They better up their game because a world cup without Italy will be worse than anything and the Swedish with their first leg advantage will like to hang on to their hopes of going to Russia. Not going to be easy but i think Italy will do their homework well.
It will be interesting to see whether the Italians will be able to break the defense of the Swedish national team in today's game. Football is a very unpredictable sport. I'll bet on the pass of the Italians.
I want to take Sweden to qualify but after looking their all time record against their opponent later today i'm going to take Italy to qualify @1.9 odds on nitrogen. The all time record of Sweden against Italy is here : 24 matches played with 7 wins 6 draws and 11losses the win percentage is 29% source is from wikipedia. Italy only need at least one goal lead to take this to extra time and win or get a 2 goal lead to seal this. I'll edit this later and add my betslip.
past statistics looks makes Italy will be the favourite to win the match regardless the results of previous match this is might be different that currently Italy will playing for home match and during qualifications matches Italy home ground matches are more better than away matches that's why i do agree with you that Italy have good advantages to win the match and the odds @1.9 is pretty good for me
I want to take Sweden to qualify but after looking their all time record against their opponent later today i'm going to take Italy to qualify @1.9 odds on nitrogen. The all time record of Sweden against Italy is here : 24 matches played with 7 wins 6 draws and 11losses the win percentage is 29% source is from wikipedia. Italy only need at least one goal lead to take this to extra time and win or get a 2 goal lead to seal this. I'll edit this later and add my betslip.
Northern Ireland had some clear chances to score, and those last 8 minutes were very intense, Embolo almost scoring, and that goal line clearance from Rodriguez in the last minute, amazing. Norther Ireland played way better today, but i feel like they wasted the first half doing nothing. It was a fun 0-0 match.
Croatia had everything under control, though i think the match was underwhelming. I was expecting to see Greece going all out today but actually, they played awful, i was watching the game and once the first half ended 0-0 i knew it was over, didn't bother to watch the second half.
No we have 28 national teams qualified.
Tomorrow, Italy - Sweden. Can't wait for this one.
Croatia had everything under control, though i think the match was underwhelming. I was expecting to see Greece going all out today but actually, they played awful, i was watching the game and once the first half ended 0-0 i knew it was over, didn't bother to watch the second half.
No we have 28 national teams qualified.
Tomorrow, Italy - Sweden. Can't wait for this one.
Switzerland were probably still the better team over the two legs, but only just, although on the evidence of those intense minutes, it wouldn't have been unfair either had O Neill's side nicked the goal and pushed the tie to extra time/penalties. Controversial penalty or not, the Swiss won't care how they managed to qualify for their fourth straight finals. And yeah on Rodriguez. I think that save was when every heart in NI sank!
So this just leaves Eire to qualify, at the expense of Denmark, but I won't rue either's exclusion. Croatia was fully expected to be a snorefest, so I didn't even follow. Greece going all out? Never saw that in my lifetime =D
Today a great bet is Switzerland to win to nil against Northern Ireland. Switzerland didn't concede a goal away and I think tonight they will want to play carefully as this are the last 90 minutes before world cup so any error it is not acceptable. I think they will have a narrow win against Northern Ireland today and that they will not concede a goal.
Quite surprised that there wasn't any goal in the game between Switzerland and Northern Ireland today, even though it was goalless, Switzerland have officially qualified for the World Cup and am sure Croatia is bound to qualify as well.Well they only need draw to qualify to World Cup 2018 in Russia, because they win 0-1 in the first leg. Actually the can make goals though, even the asian handicap is -1 goal.
Today match is Italy vs Sweden, this is really big for Italy. They lose 0-1 on the first leg and they need to win this to qualify to the world cup. I'm sure they will go all-in to win this match. Italy record at home match is unbeatable on 2017, let's see if they can make it today.
Today a great bet is Switzerland to win to nil against Northern Ireland. Switzerland didn't concede a goal away and I think tonight they will want to play carefully as this are the last 90 minutes before world cup so any error it is not acceptable. I think they will have a narrow win against Northern Ireland today and that they will not concede a goal.
Quite surprised that there wasn't any goal in the game between Switzerland and Northern Ireland today, even though it was goalless, Switzerland have officially qualified for the World Cup and am sure Croatia is bound to qualify as well.Croatia is definitely going to qualify as well.
That's correct and Croatia finally made it to Russia after their impressive first leg in Greece, I think they deserve it and i hopoe the ojther plays offs will be able to produce worthy winners as this and not nations Fifa seems to benefit from their marketing value.
Today a great bet is Switzerland to win to nil against Northern Ireland. Switzerland didn't concede a goal away and I think tonight they will want to play carefully as this are the last 90 minutes before world cup so any error it is not acceptable. I think they will have a narrow win against Northern Ireland today and that they will not concede a goal.
Quite surprised that there wasn't any goal in the game between Switzerland and Northern Ireland today, even though it was goalless, Switzerland have officially qualified for the World Cup and am sure Croatia is bound to qualify as well.Croatia is definitely going to qualify as well.
That's correct and Croatia finally made it to Russia after their impressive first leg in Greece, I think they deserve it and i hopoe the ojther plays offs will be able to produce worthy winners as this and not nations Fifa seems to benefit from their marketing value.
Today a great bet is Switzerland to win to nil against Northern Ireland. Switzerland didn't concede a goal away and I think tonight they will want to play carefully as this are the last 90 minutes before world cup so any error it is not acceptable. I think they will have a narrow win against Northern Ireland today and that they will not concede a goal.
Quite surprised that there wasn't any goal in the game between Switzerland and Northern Ireland today, even though it was goalless, Switzerland have officially qualified for the World Cup and am sure Croatia is bound to qualify as well.Croatia had everything under control, though i think the match was underwhelming. I was expecting to see Greece going all out today but actually, they played awful, i was watching the game and once the first half ended 0-0 i knew it was over, didn't bother to watch the second half.
No we have 28 national teams qualified.
Tomorrow, Italy - Sweden. Can't wait for this one.
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