The Italian national team successfully started in the European Championship from the qualification stage, where it showed the maximum result of 10 victories out of 10 possible. The national team has plenty of experienced players, along with young performers, which brought excellent performance. It should be noted also the effectiveness of the team in the qualifying tournament, where Roberto Mancini’s wards scored an average of 3.7 goals per match. The start of the qualifying campaign for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar was successfully carried out by the “azure squadron”. It issued three dry victories over Northern Ireland, Bulgaria and Lithuania with the same score of 2:0. However, the Italian team continued the streak without conceded goals in the test matches and in the debut game of Euro 2020, where they easily dealt with the Turkish national team at the stadium in the capital (3:0).
Russia is an experienced participant in the European Championships, but the team cannot surpass the achievement of 2008 with the passage to the semifinals. The passing tournament was the sixth for the Russians, at which they managed to qualify. Russia had no problems with qualifying for Euro 2020. In the group of Stanislav Cherchesov’s squad, there was also an obvious favorite, that is the Belgian national team, which won all their matches. The Russians calmly beat Scotland, Cyprus, Kazakhstan and San Marino twice, finishing in second position. Immediately after the draw for the group stage of the championship, it became clear that Russia would have to fight the Finns and Danes for reaching the playoffs from second or third place. This statement was confirmed by the starting match against the Belgians, who inflicted a duty defeat on the Russians in the class (0:3). So, what is the free soccer predictions for today?
