“We’re ready to face a Norway side who have come on leaps and bounds and are vying with Croatia for qualification together with us”.
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However, the visitors took the lead in the 23rd minute when Alexander Tettey collected the ball on the box following a poor clearance by the Italy defence and he blasted an effort into the bottom corner.
Based on these considerations, Italy will make it into the top pot of seeds if they Azzurri will beat Norway on Wednesday night and Belgium won’t prevail Israel in the last group B face-off.
“We did what we had to do”, Conte said later.
The Italian FA are said to want a decision by March, while the report claims that Conte has instructed his agents to be open to offers from foreign clubs.
Nyland made sure Norway went into the break with a 1-0 advantage when he kept out Pelle’s goal-bound header before making a flying save from Florenzi’s powerful shot from the edge of the area.
The Azzurri won 3-1 at Azerbaijan on Saturday to assure themselves of a spot in next year’s tournament in France.
The UEFA rules regarding this issue are particularly controversial and do not consider only the teams’ ranking in the qualifying group stage, but all the results over the last two and a half years. Simone Zaza, now of Juventus, and Leonardo Bonucci were on the scoresheet.
As for the Chelsea option, Conte has never hidden his admiration for the Premier League and its allure.
Marco Verratti will not be risked against Norway at the Stadio Olimpico after picking up a knock, with Conte warning those outside the squad to earn a place ahead of the Euros.
“Our goal will be to finish in the top four, but it will depend on how good we are and how things fall in place”.
The game soon simmered down, with Norway seeing much more the ball before Riccardo Montolivo played a clever first-time ball to the back post only for Pelle to direct it wide.
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Conte’s tactical system found another advocate in El Shaarawy, who added: “Eder, (Graziano) Pelle and myself linked up really well”.
