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Gattuso Not Underestimating Anyone Ahead of World Cup Qualifying Play-Offs
Mateo Retegui scored twice and Gianluca Mancini once as Italy secured at least second place in Group I, trailing Norway by three points with two matches left.
- A 3-0 victory saw Mateo Retegui score twice and Gianluca Mancini add a late header at the Bluenergy Stadium in Udine.
- The match was a 2026 World Cup qualifier where only the top spot guarantees automatic qualification; Italy are assured at least second place in Group I but remain behind Norway national football team.
- Supporters and policing shaped the event atmosphere as fewer than 10,000 tickets were sold for the 25,000-seat Stadio Friuli and police used water cannon and tear gas against protestors in Udine.
- Italy face Moldova in Chisinau before Norway visit Milan on Nov. 16, but keeping hopes alive will almost certainly require Estonia to take points off Norway in Oslo.
- Gattuso said `Honestly it wasn't easy... for many days we were always there thinking that maybe there was the possibility of not playing the match`, as the Gaza ceasefire deal signed on Monday did not end calls for a sporting boycott.
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