World Cup – To better prepare for the play-offs of its selection, Italy wants to pause Serie A

Winning the Euro to miss the World Cup is all Italy wants to avoid. Entangled in the play-offs after missing out on qualifying, the Italians have gotten into trouble. So, to better prepare for the crucial deadline, the Federation wishes to pause the national championship and give more time to its selection. “We have asked for the dismissal and we hope that the League can concede Mancini for a few more days. It would be another dark page if Italy didn’t qualify“, after having already missed the World Cup in 2018, indicated the president of the Federation on Rai Radio Uno.

Roberto Mancini’s Italy

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The Italian European champions, forced to go through the play-offs after being overtaken by Switzerland in their qualifying group, will meet North Macedonia on March 24 in Palermo then, if successful, Portugal or Turkey March 29 away. The Federation would like the postponement of the 30th day of Serie A scheduled for the weekend of March 19 and 20. “Clearly, if there were three or four extra days, it would be better“, had underlined Roberto Mancini during a press conference at the end of January. “Otherwise, the players will arrive on Sunday or Monday and we play on Thursday. The more time we have to prepare for matches, the better.“, added the coach.

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