Italy and Norway are playing in Euro 2016 group qualifying on Tuesday and the match is from Oslo's Ullevaal Stadion as the matchup goes down and it starts up at 2:45 pm ET and is live online and now the Italians will be looking for a victory here and this all comes after the World Cup in Brazil and this is the next major football tournament.
Italy now has Antonio Conte as the head and they played against the Netherlands and looked good and now they have the chance to do it again. Norway is the underdog and they come into the game after a loss against England at Wembley and they are one of the teams that could make it in the group during the qualifiers. The Italian side won over the Dutch following their solid World Cup performance and that was a 2-0 win and now they have some momentum coming into this matchup.
Mario Balotelli is not with the team and that means the Italian side has some new options and some young faces and now they are trying to get things going after a disappointing run at the World Cup. The team did much better while making it to the final of Euro 2012 and that was won by Spain during their dominant run after the World Cup in South African and now the Italian side has a chance to make things right. Ciro Immobile and Simone Zaza will be relied on for this game and they played well in the last matchup and now should be in the starting lineup in Oslo for the team.
Balotelli has had quite the year and now he is with Liverpool after a move from AC Milan and now he will be in Europe for this season. Immobile showed his skills last year while leading Serie A in goals with 22 for Torino last season and now he is with Borussia Dortmund and they are one of the best teams in Bundesliga. Italy does not have the best track record heading into Norway and they will be looking to get things going, as they have one win in the last five games in Norway.
Bulgaria has Azerbaijan and Croatia hosts Malta in the other matchups in the group stage from here and this year the field has 24 teams, more than 16 from previous years. Norway has only made it into the tournament once and they are trying to get through and in the group stage, the top two teams in each of the nine groups advance, while the third team in each group will be in through the playoffs and will have to qualify as well. Norway lost to England last week and now they are trying to get on track here.