JAKARTA - Italy's national team coach, Luciano Spalletti, confirmed that the match against Norway on Friday, June 6, 2025, in Oslo will be a crucial moment in Italy's efforts to qualify for the 2026 World Cup.
"Let's be clear: in Norway, everything is at stake over whether we will qualify for the World Cup or not," Spalletti told a news conference.
Italy, which has been out of the World Cup finals since 2014, started their qualifying campaign in Group I against Norway, which has garnered six points from two games and scored nine goals.
Spalletti added that his team had everything it needed to face this challenge. "We have an obligation to fulfill the tasks that have been entrusted to us. We need to qualify because it is very important for us. We have all the potential to play a great match, and that's what we intend to make happen," he said.
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Norway coach Stale Solbakken is also optimistic ahead of this match. "I'm not sure they are favorites. For me, it's more like a tandem match at home to us," he said. "The most important thing for us is to be ourselves."
This match is becoming very important for Italy, considering they have not qualified for the World Cup since 2014 and have just started qualifying after participating in the quarter-finals of the Nations League in March, where they lost to Germany.
The 2026 World Cup is scheduled to take place in Canada, Mexico, and the United States from 11 June to 19 July next year.
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