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Today, the first leg of the play-off between Sweden and Italy will take place. Italy finished second in their qualifying group, so they still have a lot to fight for.
Having coached numerous Italian teams, Z. Zeman has no doubt that Italy is the favorite in this tie, with excellent chances to reach Russia.
"Italy is the favorite," said Z. Zeman. "It won't be just one game - the teams will play for over 180 minutes, so you need to be especially cautious throughout that time, no matter how strong Italy is."
Against Sweden, the Italians will be without Lorenzo Insigne, but the coach is not worried about this loss: "He can't play? I'm sorry for him, but Italy will play with two forwards, so there wouldn't have been space for him anyway.
