La centrale dell'Italia traccia un primo bilancio iridato dopo la sconfitta con la Serbia e la vittoria sul Perù: "Siamo pronte, sono fiduciosa". Venerdì c'è la Turchia.
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The Azzurri were one of the nine seeds in the European draw for the qualifying round that was performed this afternoon in Durban. They were assigned to Group 8 and avoided all the potential banana skins, such as England and Scotland. Instead their toughest opponents would appear to be Bulgaria and the Republic of Ireland, neither of them qualified for Euro 2008. Georgia were also in their Euro 2008 qualifying campaign and were beaten home and away, while Montenegro and Cyprus are not expected to cause many problems. Although they won the trophy in Germany in 2006, the Azzurri must still go through the qualifying process. Only hosts South Africa are guaranteed a place in the finals. Group 1 Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Albania, Malta Group 2 Greece, Israel, Switzerland, Moldova, Latvia, Luxembourg Group 3 Czech Republic, Poland, Northern Ireland, Slovakia, Slovenia, San Marino Group 4 Germany, Russia, Finland, Wales, Azerbaijan, Liechtenstein Group 5 Spain, Turkey, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Armenia, Estonia Group 6 Croatia, England, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Andorra Group 7 France, Romania, Serbia, Lithuania, Austria, Faroe Islands Group 8 ITALY, Bulgaria, Republic of Ireland, Cyprus, Georgia, Montenegro Group 9 Holland, Scotland, Norway, FYR Macedonia, Iceland channel4.com
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