Italy and talent between football, tennis and athletics. An article by Bucciantini

Every now and then reality imposes itself for what it is, without other imaginative and organized forces being able to hide it or change it. It is a decisive bond to understand and understand each other: last night we understood each other. The emotional overlap between Sinner’s victory and the national team’s defeat clarified to us what the places of both are, what effect and how wide this effect is in us, and in all of us associated in the country. It happens after a week spent circling around the claims of a World Cup qualification which seemed to be usurped by who knows what type of access rule, with respect to who knows what times: certainly in the first World Cup with 48 teams the European contingent could have been expanded, and there remains a sense of disproportion in favor of North Americans (also due to the 3 places rightfully due to the three organizing countries, and therefore 6 in total), and above all South Americans – who can potentially qualify 70% of the Nationals. But Europe goes with 16 national teams (historical maximum) and the reality is truth: Italy cannot go to the first round, it needs the play-offs, its value is confirmed by the match at San Siro. Instead of telling ourselves that a second place should be worth qualification, it would be more correct to thank a composition of the group in which two teams could do nothing and one little (Israel), allowing Italy to at least be sure of second place, and therefore of the play-offs. There was an opponent with little history but a good present and notable attack and it was enough (as Switzerland was at the European Championships) to clearly repel the Azzurri’s claims: 7-1 in two games.