Hello and welcome into the latest edition of ESPNFC, K Murray, Craig Burley and

Chekka Hislop here in the studio. We do still have a little bit of international football to talk about

because the draw for the playoffs for the World Cup have been made and we are going to bring them to you.

This is how they are looking. In playoff path A, the semifinals are Italy against Northern

Island and Wales against Bosnia. In B, it's Ukraine, Sweden and Poland, Albania. In C, Turkey

against Romania and Slovakia against Kosovo. And in D, it's Denmark against North Macedonia

and Chechia against the Republic of Ireland. Well, welcome in Ian Dark and Frank Leboff to talk more about what we see here. But let me start with you, Craig. General impressions. What stands out to you there? Italy, Northern Ireland, Cheshneyer Republic. What was the other game I was looking at there? It's gone. It's gone in my head. Denmark. No. No, there's another one on the other side. Help me out. There's loads. Ukraine, Sweden. Wales, Bosnia. Wales. Bosnia-Hurzegovine. Who seemed to have a little bit of momentum under Craig Bellamy scoring a few goals so so I think they might have a half decent chance.

But of course, look, Italy should go through.

Should.

However, they have a little bit of recent history of, you know, falling at this hurdle.

And if they were to lose to Northern Ireland who are just not fishing in a pond, well, they're

fishing in a pond, a very small pond with their player pool.

So Gattusa's going to be under pressure, and bearing mind he's made some very controversial

comments in the last week or two about the qualification process when basically he was in a group with

with Norway who won eight out of eight who were excellent and he got Shaq very angry

that's that's another yeah I got Shaq steaming from the ears like an hour before the show

so you know they are under pressure and they're not a great side and Norway proved that a few days ago so yeah there's a few

nice little games in there the fact that Sweden

are in this is a joke

I know they've got in through the

Nations League but they were bottom of the group

I mean they're just so bad Sweden

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