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Italy vs Albania Prediction & Betting tips
Italy plays Friday a qualifier for the World Cup next year. Palermo Albania opponent. Italians go there full for, or they settle for a small victory? A preview.
Italy :
For Italy there are the necessary potential stumbling blocks on the way to the World Cup. The Azzurri had a bad draw, with Spain which also placed is in Group G. The match against Spain ended in a draw, and three other matches were won by Italy. For the team that normally manages to win its qualifying groups fairly simple, it will be difficult to stay ahead of Spain. It seems somehow matter to win the remaining group matches.
The current coach of the Italians is the veteran Ventura. Less than a big name Conte, who left after the European Championships last summer in the union. Ventura told much to expect from his team at the World Cup. “We may well become one of the surprises of the World Cup – if we manage to qualify. After the 3-5-2 system which Conte generally applied, Ventura switched back to a 4-4-2 formation. The coach said that, however, this is not fixed. “A team like Italy must master multiple systems, otherwise it can be predictable.”
Albania :
Albania was one of the teams that benefited in the previous qualifying cycle of the flexible rules for qualification. No less than 24 teams were participating in the European Championships in France and Albania was one of them. At the finals themselves, the team could break little pots. Albania presented himself as a pretty poor team, and the adventure of the Balkan country also already ended in the group stage.
The rules governing the award of the 2018 World Cup are much stricter, and the draw Albania actually already knew that it would take a miracle to be present again in 2018 at a final tournament, with leading countries such as Spain and Italy in the group. After four games, Albania stands at six points. Spain was lost there, which in itself was not a disgrace. A less expected defeat was against Israel. Albania lost to that team at home with no less than 0-3.
There are the necessary connections from Albania to Italy. So are six players in the current selection, including Strakosha and Hysaj, for an Italian club and the national team coach, De Biasi, is Italian.
Italy vs Albania head to head
18.11.14 FI Italy Albania 1 : 0