Bosnia And Herzegovina V Italy: World Cup Playoff – Live

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The teams

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Vasilj, Dedic, Muharemovic, Katic, Kolasinac, Bajraktarevic, Sunjic, Basic, Memic, Demirovic, Dzeko.
Subs: Hadzikic, Zlomislic, Mujakic, Celik, Tahirovic, Tabakovic, Radeljic, Alajbegovic, Burnic, Hadziahmetovic, Bazdar, Gigovic.

Italy: Donnarumma, Mancini, Bastoni, Calafiori, Politano, Barella, Locatelli, Tonali, Dimarco, Kean, Retegui.
Subs: Carnesecchi, Meret, Palestra, Spinazzola, Buongiorno, Raspadori, Pisilli, Esposito, Cristante, Frattesi, Gatti, Cambiaso.

Referee: Clement Turpin (France).

Preamble

Boznia and Herzegovina want to get to nan 2026 World Cup finals conscionable arsenic overmuch arsenic Italy. But we don’t constitute nan rules, and this communicative is each astir nan Azzurri, who are successful threat of becoming nan first of nan World Cup behemoths to neglect to suffice for 3 tournaments successful a row. Uruguay, France, Spain and England person each missed 2 connected nan bounce, but a 3rd consecutive nonaccomplishment for a footballing federation of this import would beryllium unprecedented. And no, nan pre-totaalvoetbal Dutch don’t count.

Italy weren’t peculiarly bully against Northern Ireland past week. But past neither were Bosnia and Herzegovina arsenic they squeezed past Wales, and nan four-time winners person a bully grounds against nan men from nan Balkan Peninsula. Bosnia and Herzegovina won nan first gathering betwixt nan countries, successful 1996, but since past it’s been beautiful overmuch each Italy, pinch 4 wins and a tie from nan 5 matches played betwixt 2019 and 2024. So connected balance, you’d expect Rino Gattuso’s squad to make it to North America this summertime … but past astir people thought they’d spot disconnected Sweden to get to 2018 and North Macedonia up of 2022, and look what happened there. Kick-off is astatine 7.45pm BST. It’s on!