Dima: Italy will play the World Cup play-off semi-finals at home in Atlanta, and it will be officially announced next week

November 16th, according to Di Marzio, Italy has decided to play the World Cup play-offs at Atlanta's home stadium, and only needs a final official announcement.

In the last round of European World Cup qualifiers, Italy must beat Norway by at least 9 goals in order to directly qualify for the World Cup. This is obviously impossible, so Italy has actually determined that it needs to participate in the play-offs of the European World Cup qualifiers. The European World Cup play-offs will be played in the semi-finals on March 26 next year and the final on March 31.

Taking into account Italy's ranking in FIFA, they will be drawn as the first pot team and will face the fourth pot team in the semi-finals, and the play-off semi-finals will be held at Italy's home court. As for whether the play-off final will still be played at home, it will depend on the draw results.

Di Marzio said that Italy has determined the home venue for the play-off semi-finals-Bergamo's New Balance Stadium. This is the home ground of Atalanta Club and hosted Italy's 5-0 home World Cup qualifying match against Estonia on September 6. Now just waiting for the final round of World Cup qualifying to end, the Italian Football Association may officially announce the news after the play-off draw next Thursday.

In addition, Di Marzio also revealed that if the play-off final is also played at home in Italy, then Rome's Olimpico Stadium will likely be used as the home court.