Sweden

FT

1 : 0

vs

HT 0 : 0

Italy

This is what happens when you don't call Balotelli. Conte is the next italy coach 100%

despite this result I'm pretty sure that Italy is going to qualify .

We start Immobile and he doesn't do shit...yet he goes and dominates matches in Lazio....maaaaan what the fuck.

felling so bad actually.. come on forza squadra

damn, I really don't want to see a world cup without Italy. Come on Italy, do something on monday.

People may not agree but I think, what is needed in the team up front is.... Ballatoli.
His sting is missing for Italy.

Honestly, we didn't play worse or better than Sweden, they were extremely lucky, and of course we weren't. Darmian shattered the post, Belotti and Parolo should have scored.
However, having said that, Fuck you Italy and your old ways. We have zero chance of winning, will probably need to score three goals and we didn't eve get one tonight. This team is screaming for a 433, bernardeschi, Insigne, Jorgighno, Zappacosta and company are too good to sit on the bench. As italians we will learn the hard way, I just hope we don't become the new Holland.

I expected that before the loss of Italy & Italian team will not Qualify to Russia World Cup 2018 because Ventura is the worst coach in all italian history .... Respect for Sweden they deserved World Cup Qualifaction .. Swedish team won french team before .... Congratulations for Sweden

How did VNL?

It would be crazy if Italy didn't make it to the World Cup. Let's see how they do in the second leg.

Zlatan will come back!

I kinda saw this coming in light of recent results but of course I'm still pretty happy with this. Beating Italy is not something we do very often exactly after all. Not sure it'll be enough to get through over two legs though but at least we've done everything we can

On the other hand I would still want to see Buffon end his career at the 2018 world cup so if Italy manages to come back... well I'm okay with that too

Great work Sweden. A bit of luck with their goal but really who cares about that as long as its in the back of the net, everything else is neutralized. Im sooo fu*cking hyped up by the thought of Italians not being able to make it to Russia next year!!! YES!!!

Did not see this coming

Both teams played good, this is not over yet but Sweden got their dream result!

was never happy when Ventura was assigned as Italy coach. Now I'm 100% convinced that Ventura needs to go even if we happen to qualify for World Cup in 2018. He adds nothing to the team. He can't motivate the players to play like Conte did. Tactically inferior to other coaches. He has many talented young and experienced players and can't get a great combination out of it. I'm very worried about Italy's chances of qualifying.

Just love these 4 players at the back. I personally want Italy to win! Props to Sweden.

What an irony for the Italian football! It took them exactly a decade since 2006 when they become the world champions, to create a generation of top players, who are playing at the highest level in their clubs, only to place an average coach (at best), who completely lost himself with these footballers, and transferred that confusion to the squad, and now they're on the edge of falling down the abyss! 'Cause that's what missing the World Cup would be for Italy!
Pathetic performance! A totally futile domination, no ideas for creating a real chance, let alone a stroke of genius to change the tie! I can see them playing like this in San Siro too. Although the quality of the Sweden squad is lower, still, they are very disciplined, now exactly what they want and how to do it. So...

Return match on Monday is poised to be a cracker. Good result for Sweden this. Really forces Italy to keep a clean sheet at home or score a lot of goals.