World Cup qualification
Italy trembles to victory at Spalletti deduction
Updated on June 10th, 2025 – 02:08 a.m.Reading time: 2 min.
The four-time world champion Italy also has the world ranking 154. some problems. The direct World Cup qualification remains unlikely.
Luciano Spalletti said goodbye as an Italian national coach with a success in the qualification for the 2026 World Cup. With the 2-0 (1: 0) duty victory in Reggio Emilia against outsider Moldau, Italy saved its hopes for the tournament in the coming year. However, competitor Norway also won and consolidated first place in Group I. Only the group winner has his World Cup ticket, the second has to go to the play-offs.
Spalletti and the Italian association announced the separation after the 0: 3 opening bankruptcy in Norway. The successor is mainly coaching gold in Claudio Ranieri (73/most recently as Rome) and Stefano Pioli (59/al-NassR FC).
Italy was against the world ranking 154. Although it was clearly superior, it was extremely susceptible to the counter of the Southeast Europeans. Ion Nicolaescu even headed into the Italian goal in one of these attacks, but was just offside (13th minute). Naples Giacomo Raspadori redeemed the Squadra Azzurra shortly before the break. Immediately after the change of sides, Andrea Cambiaso from Juventus Turin decided the match (50th) with the 2-0.
Superstar Erling Haaland shot Norway closer to the World Cup finals in the USA, Canada and Mexico. Due to the goal of Manchester City’s goal in the 62nd minute, the team of Coach Stale Solbakken in Estonia won 1-0 (0-0) and is clearly at the top of the table with twelve points after four games. Norway last took part in a World Cup in 1998.
Belgium played a 3-0 lead against Wales, won through a goal by Kevin de Bruyne shortly before the end with 4: 3 and after the 1-1 against Nordmacedonia prevented the next mistake in the group J. Kroatia in group L, among other things, won 5: 1 (1: 0) against Czech Republic.