Italy fail to qualify for World Cup after late North Macedonia goal
European champions Italy have been knocked out of qualifying for this year's World Cup.
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Prior playoff failure on minds as Italy hunts World Cup spot
MILAN (AP) — With Italy’s worst soccer moment on many people’s minds, coach Roberto Mancini is not thinking about the unthinkable but about winning the World Cup in Qatar.
Italy to miss World Cup again following stunning upset loss to North Macedonia
European champion Italy will miss the World Cup. Again.
Mancini: "Es el momento más difícil de mi carrera"
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.
Italy's World Cup dreams over after shock defeat to North Macedonia
Italy missed out on the World Cup finals again after losing 1-0 at home to North Macedonia in their playoff semi-final on as Aleksandar Trajkovski's last-gasp strike earned the visitors a famous win.
Italy 0 North Macedonia 1 - Highlights
Italy will miss their second World Cup in a row after slumping to a shock 1-0 play-off semi-final defeat to North Macedonia on Thursday.
North Macedonia eliminate Italy from World Cup with 92nd-minute stunner
Italy are out of the 2022 World Cup.
Italy 0-1 North Macedonia: Roberto Mancini’s side dumped out in huge shock after late Aleksander Trajkovski
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.