Don t worry about Italy, they will definitely participate in the World Cup this time!

Without a miracle or promotion, Italy will continue to fight. In the final round of the European group stage of the World Cup preliminaries, Italy lost to Norway at home and has since entered a thrilling knockout tour of "4 out of 16".

After changing coaches, regaining confidence

After two consecutive defeats in the World Cup preliminaries, many people are worried about Italy's play-off journey. However, since Gattuso replaced Spalletti, Italy is gradually regaining the fighting spirit and hard work of the Conte era. The operation of scoring 5 goals in two consecutive games (Estonia & Israel) shows that this team still has great potential to be tapped. The loss to Norway in this campaign was more a matter of tactical choice (again using a five-back defense).

The tactical ideas are clear and Italy can still fight

In the Spalletti era, Italy was plagued by injuries. The formation structure and tactical style changed, and the team's stability and pressure resistance were impossible to talk about. After Gattuso took office, Italy worked intensively in the 442 formation, and the defensive and offensive organization became concise and clear, which will help them break through in the play-offs.

The opponents are not strong, and 4 places are enough.

Italy's opponents in the World Cup playoffs include Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Turkey, Albania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Sweden, Ireland, Ukraine, etc. It can be said that it is a large collection of second- and third-rate teams in Europe. There is no particularly outstanding team among the possible opponents. It will not be a problem for Italy to get the last spot according to its normal performance.