Italy – North Macedonia. Find out all the news about the match between Italy and North Macedonia in the 2022 World Cup play-offs.
After winning the Euro last summer, will Italy fall by the wayside? Second in their pool behind Switzerland in the qualifiers, the Italians are forced to go through the play-offs if they want to win a ticket for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Dams which begin Thursday March 24 for the men of Roberto Mancini against North Macedonia. After missing the Russian World Cup in 2018, a new affront would be experienced as a disaster in Italy.
For these play-offs, the teams will have the right to a new formula: a single match. A formula that Roberto Mancini, the transalpine coach seems to fear: “It wasn’t a big draw, it could have been a bit better. As it is a dry match, there are always pitfalls. But we are positive. The first match will be at home against North Macedonia, who had a very good qualifying round. Against them it will be a dry match, and it can happen like with Switzerland, where we deserved to win and we failed to do so. We will have to play a great game and then we will see where we are.”
If the Italians manage to get rid of the Macedonians, they will face in the “final” of the play-offs, the winner of the enticing confrontation between Portugal and Turkey.
The kick-off of the match between Italy and North Macedonia in the 2022 World Cup play-offs is scheduled for 8:45 p.m. from the Renzo Barbera stadium in Palermo (Italy).
As part of its play-off multiplex in the Europe Zone, the L’Equipe channel will broadcast the match between Italy, reigning European champions, and North Macedonia.
If you want to follow this World Cup play-off on smartphone, tablet or computer, you will have to go through the L’Equipe website and its L’Equipe Live streaming platform.
Italy : Donnarumma – Florenzi – Mancini – Bastoni – Emerson – Barella – Jorginho – Verratti – Berardi – Immobile – L.Insigne.
North Macedonia: Dimitrievski – S.Ristovski – Musliu – Velkovski – Alioski – Ademi – Churlinov – Spirovski – Bardhi – Trajkovski – M.Ristovski.
For the bookmakers, a success for Roberto Mancini’s players is more likely than an opposing success and the odds of a victory for Marco Verratti’s partners fluctuate between 1.12 (Bwin) and 1.17 (Betclic). But if you believe in an achievement of the Macedonians, the odds of a victory of North Macedonia vary between 10.00 (Bwin) and 16.00 (Betting Sport online).