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Italy vs Saudi Arabia Prediction & Betting tips
A World Cup without Italy? Inconceivably? Reality! The 2006 World Champion, Squadra Azzura, failed to reach the final round in Russia in the playoffs and will have to watch from 14 June when 32 other nations play for the finals in Moscow. To raise at least some World Cup flair, the Italians have sought a test opponent with Saudi Arabia, which will be present at the largest intercontinental football tournament of the national teams. It goes without saying that the Italians will go into the match on Monday evening in St. Gallen in Switzerland as a clear favorite.
However, as we did not really like the betting odds for a simple Tifosi success, we decided to bet more than 2.5 goals. Incidentally, we do not expect Saudi Arabia to score a goal, which is why the Italians would have to score at least three goals. We do not consider this scenario anything but impossible, especially as Roberto Mancini will be the new national coach on the bench for the first time. Despite a long season, the players will be highly motivated and willing to recommend themselves in view of the upcoming European Championship qualifiers and the UEFA Nations League. Consequently, the odds for at least three goals are a bit too high and worth four units to us.
Italy:
The disappointment in Italy after the missed World Cup qualification was huge. After finishing second in the group stage behind Spain, the 2006 World Champion had to go to the unloved playoffs, where they lost to Sweden somewhat surprisingly. In the following two internationals in March of this year, the big upheaval was still missing. U21 coach Luigi di Biagio took over interim, but could not leave a lasting impression in the 0-2 against Argentina and the 1-1 draw against England. From then on, it was clear that the association leaders are aiming for a complete new beginning and need a new coach for this endeavor. They have found this with Roberto Mancini, who was previously active at Zenit St. Petersburg.
With a lot of enthusiasm and enthusiasm he tackles the task of transformation. His goal is to return the national team until the European Championship 2020 in the world class. First and foremost, the experienced coach and former international player has set his sights on being more constructive, that is, more offensive, playing football. Motivation will not be lacking on Monday night in the friendly against Saudi Arabia. Even though the players have a long season behind them, they will try their best to recommend themselves to the new coach and play an important role in the new team. The interesting personality, whose quality could certainly be an argument for our tip, is Mario Balotelli, who was called back for the first time since 2014 in the Squadra Azzura squad. Claudio Marchisio, Ciro Immobile and Emerson will not be available from Mancini’s nominated squad. Anyone who believes that the altogether unnamed team of Italians does not have the class to clearly defeat Saudi Arabia, will be deceived. Just the fact that the young players get their chance is to be judged as a reason that even a higher victory jumps out or the new defensive may have to concede one / two goals.
Saudi Arabia:
For the first time since 2006, Saudi Arabia has again made the leap to a World Cup. In the preliminary round, the Asians get to do it with Russia, Egypt and Uruguay. But before you make your way to Eastern Europe, wants the world ranking -67. still one or the other test play complete. Saudi Arabia meets Italy in Switzerland on Monday. This is followed by games against Peru and Germany. In other words, the men of coach Juan Antonio Pizzi, who has been in office since November 2017, are currently in the early stages of preparation. Accordingly, training focuses may also be in the conditional area. Automatisms are not necessarily rehearsed and the players are also in the process of building their optimal condition. This should result in Saudi Arabia facing problems with “fresh, young” Italians.
From a purely technical point of view, two recent achievements are enough to prove that the “Green Hawks” are one of the biggest outsiders at the upcoming World Cup finals. For example, Saudi Arabia lost 4-0 in Belgium this year and 1: 4 in Iraq. The 2-0 win in mid-May against Greece has little authority, since on the Greek side no European legionaries played. To make matters worse, with Bert van Marwijk the real success coach, who gave this team their own identity, is no longer in service. His successor Edgardo Bauza from Argentina left the national team after just one month, so that now the Spaniard Pizzi gets the chance to make the impossible possible, so to make Saudi Arabia competitive.