{"id":165265,"date":"2026-04-01T08:13:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T08:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=165265"},"modified":"2026-04-01T08:13:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T08:13:30","slug":"italy-vs-bosnia-world-cup-qualifier-preview-world-cup-or-bust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=165265","title":{"rendered":"ITALY vs. BOSNIA: World Cup Qualifier PREVIEW | World Cup or BUST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0wHeNNZfng4?rel=0&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>It is time for the biggest game in recent memory for the Italian National Team, as they stand on the precipice of finally returning to the World Cup, and all that stands in their way is Bosnia &#038; Herzegovina. The crew is pleased to be joined by Marco Messina to preview this match up, discuss the pressure on stars like Gianluigi Donnarumma, Sandro Tonali &#038; Riccardo Calafiori, as well as chatting about whether or not Gennaro Gattuso can accomplish what he was hired for: qualification to the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 Italy&#8217;s PATH to qualification<br \/>\n0:25 Donnarumma comments<br \/>\n0:39 Italian media&#8217;s reaction<br \/>\n1:06 Marco Messina is NERVOUS<br \/>\n1:55 Dealing with the pressure<br \/>\n3:19 How much does it mean?<br \/>\n4:49 Who are Italy?<br \/>\n5:59 Disrespecting Bosnia?<br \/>\n7:43 Is this game better Away?<br \/>\n8:58 Weather for the match<br \/>\n10:00 Spygate?<br \/>\n11:45 Squad selection<br \/>\n12:37 Italy Starting XI<br \/>\n13:26 Final Thoughts<br \/>\n13:44 Watch More!<\/p>\n<p>#italy #bosnia #italiannationalteam #seriea #italianseriea #worldcup #preview #matchpreview #soccer #football #cbssportsgolazo #cbs #cbssports<br \/>\nStream UCL on Paramount+ &#8211; http:\/\/bit.ly\/UCLonParamount<br \/>\nWatch UCL Extended Highlights &#8211; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkwBiY2Dq-oYX&#8211;AqrRszzMR4_C8YwiBn<br \/>\nWatch UCL Today with Thierry Henry, Kate Scott, Micah Richards and Jamie Carragher &#8211; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkwBiY2Dq-oYdin8WdtaOExGhaRZI_dJ8<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our other CBS Sports Golazo channels!<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CBSSportsGolazoEurope<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@golazoamerica<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@wgolazo<\/p>\n<p>Home of UEFA Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Champions League, UEFA Europa and Conference Leagues, NWSL, Serie A and Serie A Women, EFL Championship, EFL League One, EFL League Two and Carabao Cup, Concacaf Men&#8217;s World Cup Qualifiers and W Champions Cup, US Open Cup, USL, Liga MX, SPFL and more.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0wHeNNZfng4\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is time for the biggest game in recent memory for the Italian National Team, as they stand on the precipice of finally returning to the World Cup, and all&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":165266,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-world-wide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=165265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/165266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=165265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=165265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=165265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}