Overview
- Riccardo Calafiori says Italy are superior on paper and insists a united squad can qualify, adding that if they reach America anything could happen.
- He says he can’t wait to join the national camp at Coverciano and describes the group as fired up ahead of preparations starting Monday.
- Italy face Northern Ireland in Bergamo on March 26 in the World Cup play-off semi-final, with a possible away final against Wales or Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- The Arsenal defender recalls Euro 2024 as a turning point, moving from an own goal against Spain to the assist versus Croatia that sent Italy to the round of 16.
- Settled in London after moving from Bologna to Arsenal, he notes missing the Italian sun and shares that he lives in the same building as Watford’s Edoardo Bove.