Overview
- Gennaro Gattuso confirmed a much-changed side in Chisinau, with Guglielmo Vicario in goal and a 4-4-2 front pairing of Gianluca Scamacca and Giacomo Raspadori as Gianluigi Donnarumma is rested.
- Sandro Tonali starts in midfield but is being managed due to a booking, with plans to sit him out against Norway to avoid a play-off suspension risk.
- Italy have secured at least second place and a play-off berth, and overtaking Norway would require either a slip against Estonia or an extraordinary swing from Norway’s +26 goal difference to Italy’s +10.
- Moldova are bottom of Group I with one point and no wins, including an 11-1 loss to Norway, though they drew 1-1 with Estonia in their last outing.
- More than 56,000 tickets have been sold for Sunday’s Italy–Norway match at San Siro, and Thursday’s Moldova game kicks off at 19:45 local (2:45 p.m. ET) with coverage on Amazon Prime Video in the UK and Fubo/Tubi in the U.S.