Italy, if it doesn't lose tonight, equates the absolute record: Brazil disagrees

Italy is in pursuit of the qualifications for the 2022 World Cup, but also an absolute record in football history: that of the national with more official matches without losses.

With 1-1 against Bulgaria, Mancini's team has reached 35 consecutive games without losses, matching Brazil and Spain: against Switzerland a draw will be enough to make history. Even though someone from Brazil claims, we too have reached 36.

The blue series started on October 10th 2018 with a friendly 1-1 match (on FIFA's date and therefore valid for counting) against Ukraine and is still in progress.

Between the friendlys, the League of Nations, the World Cup qualifications and Europe, as well as the Euro 2020 of course, 29 wins and 5 other draws have been achieved, up to 1-1 last Friday. In total, then, 29 successes and six drawbacks.

But in Brazil, some believe that in a series of 36 games without losing the national team 5 times world champion should also be included 2-2 September 27, 1995, against Romania B.

However, since it is not a challenge between two national teams A, the FIFA regulation does not define it as an official match and therefore does not count it to the record: so it will be enough that Italy will not lose -- both tonight and Wednesday with Lithuania -- to finally close the issue of the absolute record...