Federico Chiesa News

The FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar is set to begin on November 20 (Sunday) as the 32 teams are ready to give it their all in order to win the most prestigious trophy of football. The biggest football tournament will have some biggest stars participating in it in November and December 2022. However, apart from big names like Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Neymar (Brazil), Kylian Mbappe (France), Robert Lewandowski (Poland) and Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium), there are more famous faces who are set to miss the major tournament.

The last of Italy’s four World Cup victories came in 2006, when Chiellini had already made his international debut but didn’t play at the tournament. But the team is a comparative underachiever in the European Championship with its only title in 1968.

Italy avenged their shootout defeat to Spain in the Euro 2008 quarter-finals and their resounding defeat in the Euro 2012 final, and completed a second straight European Championship victory over the Spaniards after their 2-0 win in the last 16 at Euro 2016. Wembley’s capacity was expanded to 60,000 and although coronavirus restrictions prevented fans from travelling abroad, the two countries’ expatriate communities turned out to pack each end behind the goal and generate a scorching atmosphere, which heightened the sense of occasion between two titans of international football.

Juve arrived at the Stadio Artemio Franchi having won their opening two games and were heavy favourites against a Fiorentina side on zero points and a 16-match winless league run.

Commisso bought the club in June, bringing new hope to supporters who felt the team had stagnated under previous owners, the Della Valle family.