Italy-Sweden 0-0: azzurri fail World Cup qualification

13 nov 2017

Italy's just 90 minutes away from arguably the biggest sporting embarrassment in their rich history. By losing 1-0 in Sweden, the rule is simple, Italy must score goals or watch the 2018 World Cup from their homes.

Quite understandably Italy boss Giampiero Ventura has been highly criticized for Italy’s 1-0 defeat in Sweden on Friday and only a win will help him to save his job.

The Italian tactician talked to assembled media yesterday showing that confidence that most azzurri fans do not have. “Tomorrow I will make a few changes because we played only 48 hours ago. We expected to be in this situation when I arrived here, this was the most likely scenario. We knew we’d have been behind Spain but among the four best runner-ups.”

Surely, Ventura is not as motivational as Antonio Conte used to be for the azzurri but, despite that, Italy still have a chance to qualify for the world cup.

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LINEUPS:

Italy:Buffon; Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini; Candreva, Florenzi, Jorginho, Parolo, Darmian; Immobile, Gabbiadini.

Sweden: Olsen; Lusting, Lindelof, Granqvist, Augustinsson; Claesson, Johansson, Larsson, Forsberg; Toivonen, Berg.