World Cup '26 qualifiers discussion

[ThwiX]

4-1 away against Italy. We used to be the laughing stock of Scandinavian national teams just some years ago. Now we are by far the best, and a team that’s feared by everyone. What a turnaround. Proud of the boys, and especially Haaland.

 

[Temptation]

Italy missing out on 3 WCs in a row is INSANE.

The country with the most WCs after Brazil.

Unbelievable.

 

[Catta]

Italy have not produced a WC player in ages. No wonder they are a failure at international tournaments.

 

[Jenks]

Italy missing out on 3 WCs in a row is INSANE.

The country with the most WCs after Brazil.

Unbelievable.

They'll still probably qualify via the playoffs tbf.

 

[soul24rage]

With Italy in the play offs, I'm pretty sure they will do everything that they can to naturalize Soule and other Argentine people lol

 

[khaled_a_d]

In what way should they structure it? It's the qualifiers, not the final tournament.

There should be a primary round that eliminates 7-10 teams. This is/was the case in Africa & Asia.

 

[khaled_a_d]

Italy have not produced a WC player in ages. No wonder they are a failure at international tournaments.

Donnaruma is World Class for sure, one of the top GK around.

Bastoni too, and at a time you could argue Chelinn and Bonucci (Good chance I misspelled everyone) were wotld class not so long ago. Chiesa was great before injury.

They struggle the most in attack and to a degree in midfield. Gone are the days when Italy had Inzaghi, Veiri, Del Pierro, Totti as their attacking options. Montella would be a saviour in this squad.

 

[Haraldinho]

Italy missing out on 3 WCs in a row is INSANE.

The country with the most WCs after Brazil.

Unbelievable.

Don't forget Germany (4 WC too).

 

[khaled_a_d]

Nigeria got eliminated by penalties

 

[Temptation]

Italy have not produced a WC player in ages. No wonder they are a failure at international tournaments.

Bastoni, Barella, Tonali and Donnarumma are all World Class.

Chiesa had World Class Potential but injuries screwed him.

 

[FCBarca]

Italy shouldn’t come as a surprise - when you observe current football talents much less teams or young stars, Italians barely enter into the discussion outside of central defenders

They have failed to evolve their football

 

[Temptation]

you could argue Chelinn and Bonucci (Good chance I misspelled everyone) were wotld class not so long ago.

You could argue? Prime Chiellini was easily world class without any arguments. He was amongst the best CBs itw for a long time.

 

[Jenks]

Social media has been awash with Italian cope. Honestly bizarre that there's so much of it. I'd be embarrassed to come out with this stuff.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1989383225706434561

 

[soul24rage]

Kudos to Norway, they had a flawless qualification and an aggregate score line of 7-1 vs Italy

Welcome back to the World Cup!

 

[KingLeo10]

Italy missing out on 3 WCs in a row is INSANE.

The country with the most WCs after Brazil.

Unbelievable.

2 of their WCs were fake ones in the 1930s