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Italia ha logrado cancelar en una noche terrible, la peor de su historia, toda la alegría y la ilusión que había generado con su triunfo en la pasada Eurocopa. Macedonia del Norte, el equipo número 67 del ranking FIFA dejó a la Azzurra sin Mundial por segunda vez consecutiva y se jugará la final de la repesca ante Portugal. Caer en Oporto habría sido entendible, esto es inexplicable.
El seleccionador italiano, Roberto Mancini, lamentó la eliminación en los 'playoffs' para el Mundial de Catar a manos de Macedonia del Norte (0-1) y afirmó que vive «el momento más difícil» de su carrera pese a haber ganado la Eurocopa hace tan solo ocho meses. «El pasado mes de julio viví la alegría más bonita de mi carrera en la Eurocopa. Ahora he vivido la mayor decepción. Esto es fútbol, a veces pasan cosas increíbles. Es difícil para mí analizar el partido», indicó Mancini tras la derrota sufrida en Palermo.
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North Macedonia stunned European Champions Italy in the dying minutes to set up a clash against Portugal in the World Cup qualifying finals. The four-time World Champions failed to qualify for the tournament in Russia after being knocked out by Sweden in the play-offs.
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European champion Italy will miss the World Cup. Again.
European champions Italy have been knocked out of qualifying for this year's World Cup.
Aleksander Trajkovski struck late as North Macedonia stunned Italy to dump the European Champions out of the World Cup. There was no way through for either side in the first half, despite Italy peppering the North Macedonia goal for large parts of the opening period.