Portugal starts the fight in the League of Nations with a home match against the Italian team. Football. ua sure that the team of Fernando Santos will definitely not lose.

Italy in bad form The Italians have already held their debut match in the League of Nations and after him to the team there were even more questions. "Squadron Azzurra" even in a home match against the Polish team looked worse than the opponent and scored only with a penalty (1: 1). Moreover, in 90 minutes of the fight with the support of the tribunes of the national team of Italy scored just two hits on target. The problems in the attack of the national team are obvious and so far Mancini does not know how to solve them.

And it would be nice to have problems in the attack only - in the Italian team there is not a single line that does not cause questions. Inter Milan did not declare Gagliardini for the Champions League, and for Mancini in the team he comes out in the base. Dzapakasta sits on the bench at Sarri in Chelsea, and Mancini plays from the first minutes. Young Pellegrini this season did not play a single minute, but Mancini puts him in the starting lineup. Belief in youth is good, but is it justified? Conclusion: Italy is now really in bad shape and for the match against Portugal the guests will definitely not be in the status of the favorite.

Mancini reshuffle After a disastrous duel against the Poles, Roberto Mancini expressed his discontent with the attacking actions of his team. Especially the coach was dissatisfied with the attacking troika - Bernardeski, Balotelli and Insigne.

The last few questions were to Federico, and he will remain the only one of the three that will most likely come out on the field today. But Balotelli and Insigne will go to the bench. Their places will be taken by Andrea Belotti and Federico Chiesa. There will also be permutations in the midfield.

In this composition, the Italians will play for the first time, so that problems can not be avoided. And given that the Portuguese are now in good shape, it seems that they will be able to take advantage of the problems of the opponent and the Mancini rearrangement can only harm the team.

Italy did not win on the road almost a year The last year was difficult for Italy. The team could not enter the World Cup, the Federation was looking for a new coach for a long time, and the team played very badly. Do you know when the Italians last won on the road? In October last year in the match selection for the World Cup against the Albanians.

Since then, "scoadzra adzurra" held four meetings at a party and suffered three defeats in them (with one draw). It seems that today's game on the road will only prolong the sad series.

The duel between Portugal and Italy will begin today at 21:45 Kiev time. Watch the text online broadcast on Football. ua.

Bookmaker company Fansport positively assesses the chances of the Portuguese team in the match with Italy, preferring the hosts - 2. 45 against 3. 38 at guests. For a draw 3. 05.