Renowned journalist and editor-in-chief of Football magazine Artem Frankov has prepared a forecast for the Euro 2024 qualifying match between Italy and England.
Artem Frankov"It is important to note that this is not the League of Nations, where in the recent confrontation between the same rivals, one could afford certain liberties not so much with each other as with a third party (Hungary!) - here everything is according to the Hamburg and even Liverpool score.
The England team looks a bit robbed due to the injuries of Mount, Pope and Rushford, and then only in third place - there is a suspicion that the MU forward, who has gained fantastic form, would still not have found a place in the starting lineup due to the formation of the attacking quartet of Bellingham, Saka, Kane, Foden, especially since there is Grealish and the flourishing Toni.
The weakness of the Italian national team is obvious: Immobile's injury has led to the fact that despite the presence of as many as seven forwards on Roberto Mancini's list, the attack of the Azzurri does not inspire optimism - Berardi, Scamacca, Grifo, Politano, Gionto, Pafundi, Retegi. Two of them (Scamacca and Gionto) represent the Premier League, and the last two are unknown to anyone. By and large, among all these brothers, only the European champion Domenico Berardi of Sassuolo looks worthy of the main squad.
It seems important to remember that in three days, on March 26, England has a more or less serious match at Wembley with Ukraine, while Italy goes to Malta - where it is obliged to take three points.
My bet: TM 2.0 for 2.19," Frankov said.
