Italy coach Gian Piero Ventura assures 2018 World Cup qualification
Italy coach Gian Piero Ventura insisted Saturday that the four-time champions will still make the 2018 World Cup finals despite a 1-0 loss to Sweden in the very first leg of the play-off.Substitute Jakob Johansson grabbed the only real goal of a scrappy game in the 61st minute with a low strike that found the corner with the assistance of a huge deflection to leave.
Italy in peril of missing the World Cup for the very first time in 60 years.“Personally i think so strongly that people will qualify because I saw the players in the dressing room and these were angry,” said Ventura who now must turn the tie around in the do-or-die second leg in Milan on Monday.“They know they could do better. It had been an actual match which surprised us but we are likely to do better.” The final time Italy failed to achieve the World Cup was for the 1958 tournament in Sweden, but Ventura's side were already under some pressure entering the tie after having a disappointing end to their Group G campaign that featured a 3-0 loss to Spain and a 1-1 home draw with Macedonia.
Italy in peril of missing the World Cup for the very first time in 60 years.“Personally i think so strongly that people will qualify because I saw the players in the dressing room and these were angry,” said Ventura who now must turn the tie around in the do-or-die second leg in Milan on Monday.“They know they could do better. It had been an actual match which surprised us but we are likely to do better.” The final time Italy failed to achieve the World Cup was for the 1958 tournament in Sweden, but Ventura's side were already under some pressure entering the tie after having a disappointing end to their Group G campaign that featured a 3-0 loss to Spain and a 1-1 home draw with Macedonia.
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