Sometimes good dreams die at dawn, but once you hit rock bottom you can only go back up. After the exhilarating victory a Euro 2020 and the bitter disappointment of the failure to qualify for ai Qatar 2022 World Cup, Italian National Soccer Team, driven by Roberto Mancini, will experience the hard and difficult ascent to the Olympus of international football. The first major challenge to be faced is the Final 2022 of the 1nd June at the stage of Wembley, against theArgentina di Lionel Messi. In this game i champions of Europe will challenge the champions of the America's Cup. UEFA e CONMEBOL (South American Football Confederation) organized the meeting last December 15, on the occasion of the renewal of their memorandum of understanding. In addition to redemption, for Italy it will be a very important event, as it is the last blue match of captain Giorgio Chiellini, among the best defenders in the world and among the protagonists of the Italian success a Euro 2020.
As reported by the UEFA guide, the 2022 Grand Final will be played as one single game of 90 minutes. There is no return or extra time. In the event of a tie it will go directly to penalties. Finally, UEFA and CONMEBOL will jointly choose the referee.
Final 2022 Italy - Argentina: the precedents and the possible protagonists
The 2022 Grand Final between Italy and Argentina is not the first challenge in history between the two continents. The first game was in fact played in Paris in 1985 between France and Uruguay (with the first win for 2 to 0). The second and last edition took place instead in 1993 a Mar del Plata (Argentina). On that occasion the Denmark was defeated by the hosts on penalties, after a final score of 1-1 in the 90th. Argentina, which will have captain in its ranks Messi, Paulo Dybala e lautaro martinez, is looking for the second consecutive victory of the Grand Final. Italy could instead leave more aggressive and motivated. Mancini and his have in fact hunger for redemption and winning this Grand Final would be an important sign both for the fans and for the team itself.
At the moment Mr. Mancini has called a Coverciano (for a 3-day internship) fifty-three footballers which he considers interesting not only for the Grand Final, but also for the four matches di Nations League, which will all take place by first half of June. Thirty-nine of these have already been summoned to Federal Technical Center the next 27st May. Italy finds again Leonardo Spinazzola, after the injury to the Europeans in the quarter-finals against Belgium, while he will probably have to do without the injured Church, Property, silly e Castrovilli. The squad list of both teams will arrive on 29st May and the official formations shortly after, close to the challenge.
The appointment is therefore to Wembley il 1 June at 20.45 (Italian time). Like all matches of the Italian national team, the challenge will be visible live su RAI 1 and Rai Play. The 2022 Grand Final will be the match of a new one Blue Renaissance or it will be there instead Argentina national team of the coach Lionel Scaloni to raise the trophy to the sky? May the best man win.
Featured photo: © Copa América (official Facebook page).
