The Italy national team match against the North Macedonia in Matchday 9 of the EURO 2024 Qualifiers on Friday, November 17, 2023 will be held at the Stadio Olimpico Stadium, Roma.
Italy will host North Macedonia in the EURO 2024 qualifying group C match at the Stadio Olimpico, Rome. This is a crucial match for the hosts, who must win to keep any chance of qualifying for Germany’s premier tournament next year. Meanwhile, the guests are only playing for pride, after failing to compete at the top.
A crushing 1-3 defeat at Wembley against big rivals England put Italy’s ability to qualify for EURO 2024 under serious threat. They were in front of the sight of standing outside the Top 2 of group C, meaning they did not qualify. This is something none of the tifosi expected after the Italian national team’s two consecutive World Cup qualifying slip-ups.
In the final match on 20/11, Italy will meet direct opponents Ukraine on a neutral field in the city of Leverkusen, Germany. Not wanting to face too many risks from this Eastern European opponent, Italy should beat North Macedonia.
However, North Macedonia once became a nightmare for Italians because of the Azzurri’s 0-1 defeat in the 2022 World Cup qualifying play-off round. That day, Italy pressed the field thoroughly, taking up to 32 shots but ultimately lost 0-1 due to a goal in the second minute. injury time by Trajkovski, North Macedonia’s rare 1 in 4 shot in 90 minutes.
Under the direction of coach Luciano Spalletti, the Italian national team has shown some signs of revival. Several new faces have been introduced, including midfielder Davide Frattesi, defender Alessandro Bastoni and striker Gianluca Scamacca. However, if they cannot qualify, the level of attention from the tifosi will decrease, morale will also drop to its lowest level.
For many years, the Italian Football Federation usually arranged the final home game at the end of the year at San Siro. But because San Siro is considered unlucky, this time the FIGC decided to choose the capital city of Rome as the host for the match against North Macedonia.
Italy are in poor form, having won only 1 of their last 8 official matches in all competitions. However, North Macedonia are not in the best of form either, having won only 1 of their last 5 matches in EURO 2024 qualifying.
In a crucial match for Italy, they must win to maintain their hopes of qualifying for EURO 2024. Currently, Italy is 6 points behind England, who leads the standings, and 3 points from Ukraine in second place. Luckily, Italy will only play its 7th match against North Macedonia. So there are still 2 opportunities left to gain as many points as possible.
Kick-off time, & Live Streaming Links
Italy vs North Macedonia match at Stadio Olimpico Stadium, Roma can be watched live streaming. EURO 2024 Qualifiers 2024 Matchday 9 match broadcast on Fox Sports, FuboTV, TelevisaUnivision starting 15:45 ET.
| Match | Italy vs. North Macedonia |
| Competition | EURO 2024 Qualifiers |
| Match day | Matchday 9 |
| Venue | Stadio Olimpico Stadium, Roma |
| Date | Friday, November 17, 2023 |
| Kickoff | 15:45 ET |
| Official TV | Fox Sports, FuboTV, TelevisaUnivision |
| Streaming Link | Fox Sports, FuboTV, TelevisaUnivision |
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Line-Up Forecast
| Italy (4-3-3) | North Macedonia (3-4-2-1) |
| Donnarumma | Dimitrievski |
| Darmian | Manev |
| Acerbi | Musliu |
| Gatti | Serafimov |
| Dimarco | Ashkovski |
| Barella | Ademi |
| Jorginho | Atanasov |
| Frattesi | Alioski |
| Berardi | Bardhi |
| Scamacca | Elmas |
| Chiesa | Trajkovski |
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