I'll have a long laugh if Italy loses to North Macedonia today and doesn't make it to the big tournament again because of them... If that happens, then Macedonia can be called the Italian curse... I don't rule out that this could happen because the first game was a draw... But I really hope that Italy will win...
Italy will most likely win as the odd of 1.14 suggest just that in my opinion.North Macedonia is not a good team when playing away and I definitely rule out a draw for them in Italy,Italy was the last winner of the Euro against England so it would be a real shame if they don't make it again,this time chances are super high they will be playing in the Euro 2024 in Germany and most of the great teams will be there.
So the Euro will be a beautiful one as most of these teams like Spain,England,France,Germany and hopefully Italy will be contending to be winners as I rule out any other team like Portugal to repeat their 2016 success again.
I agree, Italy looks like they are much better and should win this game as well, they are definitely better than their opponent, but this is football and we do not know what could happen at any given moment. I understand that sometimes it doesn't really make sense, but I feel like we are not at that point, this doesn't feel like one of those games.
There could be some games where the underdogs could beat the favorites and we all love to see those games, it's great for betting as well, but that's not looking like this game. Italy must win, they need a win, and they need to do their best, and for a team that is heavily favorited and needs a win, I do not think that it will be all that weird for them to get this win at all.