So 2 WCs is nothing?2 of their WCs were fake ones in the 1930s
Italiy is one of the great footballing nations.
2002 was very strange one. A stacked Netherland team could not qualify. Other strong nations like France, Argentina, Portugal, Italy...all played poorly.
Italy are usually terrible in playoff. So if they miss it will be nothing new.
That doesn't matter, they're just the qualifying matches. Look at the World Cup: since 2000, there have only been 2 non European winners, including four titles in a row. Europe is by far the most competitive continent. It would be at least as difficult for Argentina to win the European Championship as it is to win the World Cup. And I say that as a European who wanted argentina to win it every world cup😄
I saw the game. It was one of the worst football matches I've ever seen in terms of quality.
For me, it does matter as what would be the point of these qualifying matches. Might as well just get rid of them and have a WC every 2 years.
No it is important because there are many teams as good as chile, bolivia, columbia, or something like that who costantly fail to qualify for wc because there are also many good teams. The biggest problem of european quali is that not the direct comparison, but rather the goal difference that counts in case of a tie in points. If that weren't the case, it wouldn't matter if some games ended 10-0.
Exactly my point, something needs to change for UEFA qualifiers as GD is too much of a factor in this case.
