Comments and odds on Italy vs Ukraine: Tough situation

Italian fans are living in gloomy days when the national team cannot qualify for the 2022 World Cup. Right now, the Azzurri continue to make many fans uneasy with their fluctuating performance in the Euro qualifiers. 2024.

After 3 matches played in Group C, Italy only won 1, drew 1 and lost once. With only 4 points, the Thien Thanh team is only in 3rd place in the group and is 3 points behind the 2nd ranked team in Ukraine (the position to win tickets to the next round), but has played 1 match less.

Obviously, with the current situation of the group, coach Spalletti and his team must win all 3 points against their competitor Ukraine at all costs to maintain hope of continuing. According to comments, despite playing at home, with erratic performance and not being able to adapt to the football philosophy of new coach Spalletti, Italy will face many difficulties in the task of winning all 3 points.

Notably, the away team from Ukraine is not a name that can be overlooked at the present time. Evidence is that they just had a stubborn 1-1 draw against the top team in England in their recent match. More broadly, Ukraine is unbeaten in 19 of the last 22 matches.

- Italy: Donnarumma, Di Lorenzo, Dimarco, Mancini, Bastoni, Cristante, Zaccagni, Barella, Tonali, Immobile, Politano.

- Ukraine: Bushchan, Zinchenko, Matvienko, Mykolenko, Konoplya, Zabarnyi, Stepanenko, Sudakov, Yaremchuk, Tsygankov, Yarmolenko.