Italy qualified for Euro 2024 this Monday evening by holding Ukraine in check (0-0).
Huge relief for the Azzurri! Threatened with going through the play-offs to see Euro 2024 – after two failures in this exercise to reach the World Cup – the Italians, reigning European champions, spared themselves this fear this Monday by neutralizing Ukraine in Germany, on the lawn of Leverkusen.
In this last act of the qualifiers for the European Nations Championship, the Transalpines trembled until the end, even failing to concede a penalty in added time, for a possible foul by Acerbi on Mudryk. More fear than harm ultimately for Spalletti’s men, who will be in Germany next summer.
Slovenians and Czechs also qualified
The Ukrainians, for their part, maintain a chance of qualifying via the play-offs, like Bosnia-Herzegovina, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Israel, Luxembourg, Poland and Kazakhstan. Beaten by Slovenia at the same time (2-1), the latter nation in fact missed the boat in favor of its evening host, qualified for Euro 2024 like the Czech Republic – victorious for its part over Moldova ( 3-0).
