Italy vs Macedonia: Domenico Berardi and the incredible goal option he lost with the goal at hand

Mecedonia tried to play at the level of the goalkeeper, but a bad pass by goalkeeper Stole Dimitrievski ended at the feet of the Sassuolo striker, who missed the first clear in this semifinal.

Domenico Berardi just missed the first clear choice in favor of Italy in the semifinal of the European repechage between Italy and Macedonia. The striker found only with the goal after a mistake by the rival goalkeeper, but could not score the goal that could give the 'Azzurra' the lead. The domain for now belongs to Roberto Mancini's team.

At 28 minutes into the game, the squad wearing red tried to come out playing at the level of the court with short passes, but everything got out of control when goalkeeper Stole Dimitrievski gave his teammate a totally wrong pass and gave it to the Serie A player Sassuolo. to be able to finish, but the shot came out very soft and gave the goalkeeper time to recover and be able to save it. The goalkeeper's effort was great, but he recovered from his great failure.

PREVIA ITALIA VS MACEDONIA

Italy and Macedonia face each other in the semi-final of the European Qualifiers repechage heading to Qatar 2022. Both teams are looking for the triumph that will lead them to the final of route C, where they will be able to meet Portugal or Turkey, who simultaneously define their passage to the final.

The match will be played at the Renzo Barbera stadium, located in the city of Palermo and inaugurated on January 24, 1932. There will start the commitment that defines the move to the next instance for either of the two selections. Because of the quality of players and because they are the recent champions of the European Championship, the 'Azzurra' must be victorious in the role.

Italy comes to this stage after taking second place in the Group C standings with 16 points after eight games played, where the leader Switzerland scored 18 points and qualified directly to Qatar 2022. In his last match at the national team level, he drew 0-0 against Northern Ireland on November 18, 2021.

On the other hand, North Macedonia won 3-1 in their last group J match of the European Qualifiers and took second place with 18 points, leaving Romania behind and entering the playoff. The leader of that group was Germany with 27 units. Armenia, Iceland and Liechtenstein were also eliminated.

In total, there were two teams competing for three places for the World Cup, but after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, FIFA decided to leave President Vladimir Putin's country out of competition. For this reason Poland moves directly to the next stage, while the match between Ukraine and Scotland is suspended.

Serbia, Spain, France, Belgium, Denmark, Croatia, Germany, England and Switzerland are the countries of Europe that are already directly qualified for the top football festival to be held in November this year.

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