ROMA (ITALPRESS) – Six months after the goleada (5-0) with Estonia last September, on the day of the debut by Gennaro Gattuso, the stadium of Bergamo will return to host the National on the occasion of the semi-final of the world play-offs that Thursday 26 March (at 20.45) will see the blue opposite to Northern Ireland.
In Bergamo Italy came across: four previous, with two wins for 5-0 (the other in the first match with Malta played in January 1987) and two draws for 1-1 (in the friendly with Turkey in November 2006 and in the match of Nations League with the Netherlands in October 2020). There are 11, however, precedents with Northern Ireland, with a 7 hits budget for the Azzurri, 3 draws and one defeat, the 2-1 that on January 15, 1958 in Belfast cost the National Team the failure to participate in the Swedish World Championship. The most recent comparison between the two nationals took place in Belfast, 0-0 in the last qualifying match at the Qatar 2022 World Championship, which forced the blue to play-offs.
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