Italiya ta shiga filin wasan da Faransa a San Siro a Milan ranar Lahadi, Novemba 17, 2024, a matsayin shugaban rukunin A2 na UEFA Nations League. Luciano Spalletti ya kawo canji mai mahimmanci ga tawagar Italiya, wanda suka samu nasara a wasanninsu huɗu da zana ɗaya a gasar.
Italiya ta samu nasara 1-0 a kan Belgium a wasansu na gaba, inda Sandro Tonali ya zura kwallo daya tilo a wasan. Wannan nasara ta sa Italiya ta zama ta karshe a rukunin, idan ta kasa kasa da Faransa da kwallaye biyu ko zaidi[5][6].
Faransa, ba tare da Kylian Mbappe ba, sun tashi wasa da Israel a gida da ci 0-0 a wasansu na baya. Didier Deschamps ya kasa cire sunan Mbappe daga tawagar sa, wanda ya sa wasu suka zargi yadda ya ke da hali a gaban goli. Faransa ta bukaci nasara da kwallaye biyu ko zaidi don samun matsayin shugaban rukuni[3][5][6].
Italiya ta nuna karfin gwiwa a wasanninsu na Faransa a baya, inda ta doke su 3-1 a Paris a watan Satumba. Moise Kean, wanda yake da nasarar zura kwallaye a kungiyarsa ta Fiorentina, zai iya samun damar farawa a wasan[3][4][6].
Faransa, tare da ‘yan wasan kamar Michael Olise, Marcus Thuram, da Kingsley Coman, suna da karfin harbin goli, amma suna bukatar nuna karfin su a wasan. Olise, wanda yake da nasarar zura kwallaye a Bayern Munich, zai iya zama dan wasa mai mahimmanci a wasan[2][3][4].