In today’s edition of Gazzetta dello Sport talks about the Italian team’s program for the coming months and how it was impacted by the defeat against France yesterday in Milan. The next meeting in March for the quarter-finals of the Nations League, Italy will discover its opponent (Germany, Portugal or Spain) on Friday at 12 p.m. during the draw in Nyon. The matches will be played on March 20 and 23. The Azzurri, who are not seeded, will play the second leg away. The winner will advance to the “Final Four” scheduled for June 4 to 8 in a location to be determined among the qualified teams. Italy and Germany are already ready to apply to host this event.
On December 13, another meeting is planned in Zurich: the draw for the qualifying groups for the 2026 World Cup. Given that the Nations League and the World Cup are linked, the draw provides that the teams opposing teams in the quarter-finals are divided into two potential groups: The winner will go into a group of 4 teams (which will begin play in September), while the loser could be placed in a group of 4 or 5 teams. Europe will qualify 16 national teams out of the 48 participants: 12 via the groups (the first in each group), and 4 others via play-offs between the 12 runners-up and the 4 best group winners from the Nations League, starting by those of League A, who have not yet qualified. As runners-up, Italy unfortunately does not have this last resort.
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