On the eve of the Italian team in the away match of the League of Nations confronted the Portuguese team and lost with a minimum score.

Thus, Italy does not win in the official matches for four matches in a row: Sweden (0: 1, the first match of the playoffs for the exit at the 2018 World Cup), Sweden (0-0, the second match of the playoffs for the exit at the 2018 World Cup ), Poland (1: 1, League of Nations), Portugal (0: 1, League of Nations).

A similar series happened with Italy for the first time in 35 years and only the third time in history.

Note also that the Italians from the last 14 matches, won only 4. The defeated rivals were Liechtenstein, Albania, Israel and Saudi Arabia.