In a very complicated context, Italy must absolutely gain the upper hand over Malta this Saturday.
In search of a second success in a row to reduce the gap between them and England, leaders of Group C, to three points, Italy welcome Malta, already eliminated, to the San Nicola stadium in Bari on Saturday.
Italy can no longer waste
The Azzurri won 2-1 against Ukraine in their last qualifying match for Euro 2024. But they remain behind Serhiy Rebrov in the standings, given that the Ukrainians won this Saturday against the North Macedonia.
By winning this Saturday, Italy will return to second and they can also put pressure on the Three Lions before the enticing reunion next Tuesday at Wembley. The European champions will then have revenge to take on the gang at Southgate who had beaten them at the start of qualifying. But, the Transalpines will have time to think about this shock from Sunday.
On the azzurro side, progress has been made since Luciano Spalletti took the technical helm. But this is progress that will have to be confirmed this Saturday, while Italian football is going through a crisis. Several internationals have been singled out for betting on football matches (Tonali, Fagioli and Zaniolo).
The probable line-ups of Italy – Malta
Italy : Donnarumma; Darmian, Mancini, Bastoni, Dimarco; Barella, Locatelli, Frattesi; Berardi, Raspadori, Kean.
Malta: Bonello; J. Borg, Muscat, Pepe; Mbong, Kristensen, Guillaumier, Camenzuli; Yankam, Degabriele; Nwoko.
On which channel to watch the Italy – Malta match
You will be able to follow the Italy – Malta match this Saturday from 9 p.m. on the L’Equipe channel. You will also be able to watch the match in streaming via the L’Equipe Live platform.
