Overview
- Italy face Northern Ireland in Bergamo at 19:45 GMT on Thursday, with the winner to visit Wales or Bosnia and Herzegovina in Tuesday’s path final.
- Viewers in the UK can watch the Italy match free on the BBC, while fans in the United States can stream it live on Peacock.
- Italy enter with fitness doubts over defender Alessandro Bastoni despite other returns to fitness, while Northern Ireland are without Conor Bradley and Daniel Ballard.
- Seven other one-off semi-finals also kick off on Thursday, including Wales vs Bosnia and Herzegovina in Cardiff, Ukraine vs Sweden in neutral Valencia, and Poland vs Albania in Warsaw.
- Italy have missed the past two World Cups and must win two single-leg ties to avoid a third straight failure, as four European berths are decided by next week’s finals.