I'm amazed at how many Italian injuries are discovered after a callup. At the end of the day, we can only play the players who are either healthy or truly want to play, whatever the case may be. In any case, today is the match day. Good luck everyone. I have a feeling the football gods want us to continue to suffer our way to the summit, so I expect Norway to obliterate Estonia like 16 nil or something crazy. At this point, Norway's journey is light years different from our own. If we want to make it, we will have to embrace suffering.
No reason to knock Calafiori. Arsenal wanted him to skip international duty, and he still choose to travel with the team and possibly be available for Norway. That's a man committed to his squad....or maybe threated with bodily harm by Gatusso lol.
Estonia playing like each player was promised a Ferrari if they get a point. Knowing them its probably just an espresso machine
Norway will win, but I am going to state my opinion right now. If somehow Norway doesn't win, Italia gets the biggest gift of all time. And if the players and Gattuso do not take that gift and destroy Norway into oblivion on home soil, shame on you. It would be the most gutless result in Nazionale history if you get possibly the greatest gift of all time and spit on it. it would go down as the most shameful result in Nazionale history. That is what is at stake IF they receive this gift.
Probably better for the fragile players to just know they have nothing at stake vs. Norway. They'd f it up if they had everything at stake in that match.
2-0 I literally turned on the game at half seeing the score and now I am turning it off. It's going to be a typical Norway ass whooping.
Nah losing to North Macedonia and Sweden w/o Ibra will always be the worst. Norway has a generational player in Haaland and other players (Odengaard and Sorloth) that are better than any players on those teams.
I agree, they didn't just beat us... they put together one of the most impressive qualifying campaigns ever (+29 goal differential as of now i believe).
Does anyone know if we need 3,4 or 6 points in these 2 games to be sure of Pot 1? Now this is the most important thing for me…
🚨 2026 FIFA World Cup - Projected Pots.❔ FIFA are yet to confirm in which way the Play-offs nations will be placed at the 2026 FIFA World Cup group stage draw.1⃣ Option 1 (1st graphic) - All six winners of the UEFA/FIFA Play-offs will be placed in Pot 4.2⃣ Option 2 (2nd… pic.twitter.com/mDdrLJaNnh— Football Rankings (@FootRankings) November 13, 2025 We don't know yet what Fifa will do. I just don't understand how this will all work with the World Cup draw coming up shortly.
Well, I know how to qualify directly. There is now a 19 goal difference between Norway and Italy. We beat Moldova 12-0 and Norway 4-0. That’s it guys!
Oh my bad, we should be Pot 1, I wouldn't worry about that. We are higher ranked than any other team and it's not even close.
2 different convos going on. Pots for Playoff and Pots for Tournament proper. Yeah, just looked at the Table. Would have to score about 19 Goals today.
Fortunate to have this criteria. A few years ago, before the emphasis on World Rankings, previous 3 WC Results were held into account.
it almost a reality that we will be pot 1 for the qualifying playoff. We likely have to lose both games and the other teams that finish second would have to gain ground in the fifa rankings.