Italy coach Roberto Mancini's journey towards the Qatar 2022 World Cup will begin in Parma.
In fact, the Tardini stadium was chosen as the venue for Italy-Northern Ireland, the Azzurri's first match in qualifying for the World Cup.
The match will be played on Thursday 25 March (at 8.45 pm).
The Tardini match, the first match of 2021 for the national team, will precede the two away matches to play against Bulgaria and Lithuania, respectively on 28 and 31 March.
There are 7 previous matches for the national team in Parma (6 wins and one defeat), where he will return two years after the 6-0 defeat against Liechtenstein on 26 March 2019 in a match valid for the qualifiers for Euro 2020.
Fresh from a streak of 22 consecutive useful results (17 successes and 5 draws), Italy will face Northern Ireland for the tenth time in its history: the balance for the Azzurri is 7 wins, 2 draws and only one defeat but very bitter, the 2-1 suffered in January 1958 in Belfast which cost the national team the non-participation in the World Cup in Sweden 1958.