Former Italian striker Gianluca Vialli is confident that Giampiero Ventura will be able to bring the "scuadra azurro" to the final tournament of the 2018 World Cup.

Gianluca Vialli believes that, despite the defeat in the first match of the playoffs from Sweden, Italy led by Giampiero Ventura can take revenge in Milan.

"In the first match, not Sweden beat Italy, and we gave the opponent a chance to win," Vialli said in an interview with Corriere della Sera. - I do not understand how the team that played absolutely the same way since the end of World War II could surprise the "scuadru azzurro". Now there's no point in looking for some kind of tactical surprises for an opponent.

And Ventura knows perfectly well that the key to success will be the calm and demonstration of all those qualities in which Italy is stronger than Sweden - that is, in everything ".

In the first match of the playoffs of the qualifying tournament of the 2018 World Cup, the Swedes won home with a score of 1: 0. The return match will be held today, November 13, in Milan. The beginning of the match at 21:45. Live broadcast on the channel Football 1.

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