Famous journalist Roberto Morales told what he expects from the Euro 2024 qualifying match between the national teams of Italy and Northern Macedonia, which will be held tonight in Rome.
Roberto Morales"A match of great interest to Ukrainian fans. If in Rome at the Stadio Olimpico Luciano Spaletti's wards (head coach of the Italian national team - ed.) will not defeat Northern Macedonia, then Ukraine on Monday 20 November in Leverkusen will be enough and a draw to get a direct ticket to Euro-2024.
The Italians have very bad mentions of Northern Macedonia. On 24 March 2022 in Palermo, the reigning European champions sensationally lost after conceding the only goal in the 90+2nd minute and failed to qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. With a huge desire for revenge, they visited Skopje in early September this year and...had to settle for a 1-1 draw.
Due to injuries, Spaletti was unable to call up Alex Meret, Rafael Toloi, Davide Calabria, Manuel Locatelli, Mattia Zaccagni and Lorenzo Pellegrini to the Scuadra Adzurra ranks this time round.
North Macedonia can still theoretically take third place in the group, but it is difficult to count on it, because there are matches against Italy and England ahead. But they can prevent their closest rivals from doing so. Blagoja Milevski (North Macedonia's head coach) has assembled an optimal squad," Morales said.
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