Overview
- Italy travel to Zenica on Tuesday for a winner‑takes‑all final that decides qualification for the 2026 World Cup.
- Gennaro Gattuso is set to stick with a 3-5-2, with Gianluigi Donnarumma in goal and a Moise Kean–Mateo Retegui strike pair.
- Concerns over Zenica’s Bilino Polje include a heavy, worn pitch and no goal‑line technology, which CONI president Luciano Bonfiglio criticized.
- To limit risk from the surface and weather, Italy completed their final session at Coverciano and shifted travel to Monday after a FIGC inspection.
- French referee Clément Turpin will officiate, drawing scrutiny because he handled Italy’s 2022 playoff loss to North Macedonia.