Just four months ago Italy were on the roof of the world when they won Euro 2020 and looked like one of the most powerful teams in the world, but last night (Monday), the regionals took a hit when they finished 0-0 against Northern Ireland in the final round of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers and will have to play in the playoffs Aliyah, where they failed 4 years ago on the way to Russia.
Switzerland, who survived a loss at the Olimpico in Rome just days after a dramatic miss by Giorgini crashed Bulgaria 0-4 and automatically advanced to the prestigious tournament in Qatar, leaving Roberto Mancini and his trainees with quite a few regrets about not finishing The story is already on Friday.
"We have nothing to do about it right now," Mancini said.
"We are heading to the playoffs in March and we will do our best to get up."
The European champions' coach analyzed the ability of his players: "We are having a hard time scoring at the moment, even though we are completely in control of the games and initiating."
The Italian coach added: "We should have closed the first place at home a long time ago and we should not have let that happen."
On the road to recovery: "We just have to rediscover the character that brought us to our successes. We missed two penalties in key games, so it shows we had the opportunity to get out of those games with the win."
Domenico Bardi added of his coach: "We gave everything we have. Our great regret should be that we did not close the World Cup qualifiers a few rounds ago. It's a difficult moment, but it's football. The spirit of Euro 2020 is still with us. Now we have to concentrate on the playoffs And do everything we can to get to the World Cup from there. "
