The Italian national team has not been experiencing their best times lately. The Italians started the Nations League with only one point from two matches, and these results against Poland and Portugal led to a very unpleasant achievement. Since 1959, the Italian national team failed to achieve a victory in official matches throughout the whole year for the first time. The last official victory the Italians achieved was on October 9, 2017, when they defeated Albania 1:0. This was followed by a loss and a draw against Sweden in the World Cup qualifiers, and the mentioned draws against Poland and a loss to Portugal. The next official Italian match will be on October 14 in the Nations League against Poland. It will mark a year without an official victory before that match. However, the Italian national team has managed to triumph in friendly matches during this period. In 2018, they played five friendly matches and earned one victory, defeating Saudi Arabia 2-1. They lost to Argentina and France, and played draw with England and the Netherlands.
