Italy's Leonardo Bonucci labels World Cup qualifying format as ‘absurd’
Leonardo Bonucci has labelled the World Cup qualifying format as ‘absurd’ after Italy’s surprise failure to make it to Qatar., who are now 90 minutes away from the finals but must beat Portugal to qualify.North Macedonia have the chance to cause another upset
Italy’s conquerors could qualify for the World Cup for the first time ever in their game against Portugal at the Estadio Do Dragao in Porto on Tuesday evening. As if this wasn’t a big enough prize, Blagoja Milevski’s squad have also been promised a €500,000 bonus from the country’s Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski should they seal victory against Cristiano Ronaldo and co.
The European champions ended up in the play-offs following draws with Bulgaria, Switzerland and Northern Ireland in their group, finishing second behind the Swiss.“We played it all in a one-off match, it’s an absurd system,” the 34-year-old said.
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