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It’s bizarre. Although Italy did start to look very average when they lost Spina and the left side became a complete void (similar to ours). I think the adrenaline and team spirit got them through the Euros.
This Italy since though has looked like a different team. Lost all its intensity and plays with no technical ability at all. That was one of the worst performances I’ve seen from an Italy team in years. NI are without doubt a solid workmanlike team but you have to be winning those kind of games if you’re a supposed top team
This Italy since though has looked like a different team. Lost all its intensity and plays with no technical ability at all. That was one of the worst performances I’ve seen from an Italy team in years. NI are without doubt a solid workmanlike team but you have to be winning those kind of games if you’re a supposed top team
They might play against Portugal, but certainly not in the first play-off match.
The playoffs are played in 3 groups (A, B, and C). Each group will have two seeded and two unseeded teams. Portugal and Italy are both seeded and they might find themselves in the same group, but they could face eachother only in the group's final. In the group's semifinal, a seeded team will play against an unseeded team and the winner goes to the group's final against the winner of the other encounter in the same group.
Italy's potential opponents in the semifinal are: Austria, Czech Republic and/or Wales, Macedonia, Finland/Ukraine, Turkey/Norway, possibly Poland, and maybe even Sweden. The Italians will play the 1 leg semifinal at home. If they make the final, which is gonna be 1 leg too, they might play at home or away, depending on the draw.
The playoffs are played in 3 groups (A, B, and C). Each group will have two seeded and two unseeded teams. Portugal and Italy are both seeded and they might find themselves in the same group, but they could face eachother only in the group's final. In the group's semifinal, a seeded team will play against an unseeded team and the winner goes to the group's final against the winner of the other encounter in the same group.
Italy's potential opponents in the semifinal are: Austria, Czech Republic and/or Wales, Macedonia, Finland/Ukraine, Turkey/Norway, possibly Poland, and maybe even Sweden. The Italians will play the 1 leg semifinal at home. If they make the final, which is gonna be 1 leg too, they might play at home or away, depending on the draw.