Italy has a meeting on March 26 with Northern Ireland in the semi-finals of the play-offs to try to validate its ticket for the 2026 World Cup. Faced with the new bumpy road that presents itself to the Squadra Azzurra, absent from the premier competition of football for two editions now, Gianluigi Buffon has drawn up his own observation.
The sporting director of the transalpine selection points to a real problem of state of mind. For the 2006 world champion, the team oscillates dangerously between excess confidence and fear.
Italy’s worrying flaws
“We live in two worlds that do not meet. Historically, we are presumptuous, we think that we are owed everything. When a small team puts you in difficulty, we talk about shame… and arrogance, we fall into fear. Is it so difficult to find a balance? »questioned Buffon.
If Italy manages to get rid of Northern Ireland, there will still be one last step to take. She will still have to face the winner of the duel between Wales and Bosnia-Herzegovina. It remains to be seen whether, by then, the message of the former Bianconero goalkeeper will have been heard.
