The Bosnians didn’t wait to see the video of Dimarco and Vicario celebrating their qualification against Wales – as if it was good news for Italy – to be motivated before the European zone play-off final for the World Cup. But we are almost certain that the sequence has turned within the selection before the decisive match which awaits Tuesday evening in Zenica, in the small Bilino Polje stadium which has all the makings of the perfect trap.
Present at a press conference on the eve of the match this Monday, striker Edin Dzeko in any case warned the Italians that they were going to “suffer a lot”. “It’s up to us to show our quality, we play at home, with the support of our supporters, we can really annoy them,” continued the local legend, who at 40 years old scored his 73rd goal in 147 caps against the Welsh on Friday (1-1, 4 shots on goal to 2).
The former AS Roma, Inter Milan and Fiorentina striker, who described Italy as “his second country”, knows that his team has a good chance to play to win the right to play in a second World Cup after the 2014 one in Brazil. “Italy no longer has a Totti or a Del Piero. It has quality, but a different quality from the Italy of the past,” he noted.
The bus is ready
As for the controversy of the video, Dzeko believes “that there was no problem” with this spontaneous reaction from the Italians, but that the scene still said something about the current fragility of Squadra Azzurra, which wants at all costs to avoid a third World Cup in a row in front of its TV. “The Italians were afraid to face the Welsh. And if Italy, which is an incredible football nation with its four world titles, is afraid to play Wales, something is wrong,” he remarked.
For his part, Bosnia coach Sergej Barbarez assured that his players “should not be afraid of Italy”, absent from the last two World Cups. “If we take the advantage, we will park the bus in front of our goal. And if we are behind, we will restore the situation by equalizing,” he warned. Go to the first air balloon.
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