<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/football/article/italy-coach-releases-chiesa-from-the-squad-due-to-injury-before-crunch-world-cup-playoff-23622323" rel="nofollow">Gennaro Gattuso</a> said on Thursday that Italy still have a mountain to climb with Bosnia and Herzegovina standing between the Azzurri and the World Cup finals.&nbsp;
Italy beat Northern Ireland 2-0 to reach the qualifying play-off final, which they will have to play away from home against the Bosnians.&nbsp;
Italy haven&rsquo;t been to a World Cup finals since being dumped out in the group stage in 2014 and the possibility of a third straight absence weighed heavily on players, coach and fans.&nbsp;
&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve taken a little step forward, now we have to climb the mountain, the Everest,&rdquo; said Gattuso. &ldquo;We know that there&rsquo;s a lot at stake, I think everyone had some butterflies today and that&rsquo;s understandable. I had them, <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/football/article/fifa-world-cup-2018-gianluigi-buffon-leaves-juventus-after-17-years-19438154" rel="nofollow">Gigi Buffon</a> has them, we all did.&rdquo;&nbsp;
Italy battled past Northern Ireland but didn&rsquo;t shine against a team which was largely made up of lower league players, Sandro Tonali and Moise Kean&rsquo;s goals were two rare moments of quality in Bergamo.
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Italy beat Northern Ireland 2-0 to reach the qualifying play-off final, which they will have to play away from home against the Bosnians

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