Twenty years ago, in the playoffs of the qualifying tournament of the 1998 World Cup in Naples, Pierluigi Casiraghi scored the winning goal against the Russian national team. Gazzetta dello Sport asked the opinion of the former striker Monza, Juventus, Lazio and Chelsea regarding the outcome of the standoff in the 2018 World Cup playoff against Sweden.

"It seems to me that the team's class is much more important than a good organization, and order in this case will not beat the class," Kaziriagi said.. - All players at the disposal of Giampiero Ventura, outperform the opponent in the experience of international matches and in the class. Yes, the Swedish team is well prepared physically, perfectly organized, but in matches of this level it's not the main thing ".

"I can name three reasons why Italy will be Sweden in the playoffs. First: Italy is stronger. Second: Italy in the qualifying tournament played poorly only one match - in Madrid, and having such an opponent in the group, like Spain, this was enough to finish the second. And the third: the World Cup without Italy - not the World Cup ".

The play-offs between Italy and Sweden will be held on November 10 in Solna and on November 13 in Milan.

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