Except for the gold... Italy is ranked 9th in FIFA and is ranked 5th in the world, but it lost twice to Norway and missed the pass.

In the European preliminaries of the World Cup, Italy lost 1-4 at home to Norway. In addition, they suffered a 0-3 defeat in the first round. They were beaten twice and missed the chance to qualify for the World Cup.

This World Cup preliminaries will be Italy’s third consecutive participation in the World Cup play-offs. In the previous two years, they failed to break through and missed the main draw twice. In the 2017 World Cup qualifying play-offs, Italy was eliminated by Sweden 0-1, 0-0. In the European play-off semi-finals of the 2022 World Cup, Italy suffered an upset loss to North Macedonia 0-1.

Italy is currently ranked 9th in FIFA, and they are the highest-ranked team participating in the play-offs. In this issue of Italy's roster, the entire team is worth as much as 846 million euros, ranking fifth in the world. Only England, France, Spain and Brazil are higher than them. For comparison, Norway is ranked 29th in the world, and its team is ranked 11th in the world with a worth of 479 million euros.