We still don’t know if we will be there, but in the meantime we already know the names of our possible opponents. To officially register for the World Cup, Italy will have to win the double challenge of the playoffs: the semi-final against Northern Ireland and the eventual final against the winner between Wales and Bosnia. Then the fate of the Azzurri would be in the fourth pot, with the particular wording “X – 1 Europe” reserved for the winner of the play-off lot. Of the 48 teams that will participate in the World Cup, only 6 have yet to qualify: among these is Gattuso’s national team, which will compete for a place in Group B against Canada, Qatar and Switzerland.
