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Italy 0-1 North Macedonia: Jorginho's penalty misses v Switzerland proved costly
Italy were involved in one of the biggest World Cup upsets in history on Thursday evening.
Watch: Crazy Scenes As North Macedonia Beat Italy To Pull Off One Of Football's Greatest Upsets
North Macedonia produced one of the greatest upsets in world football as they won 1-0 in a play-off semi-final to end Italy's hopes of qualifying for FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar. Aleksandar Trajkovski scored in the second minute of stoppage time to stun the European champions. As soon as the goal went in, North Macedonian players and support staff broke into wild celebrations even as the Italian players watched in horror. North Macedonia will now take on Portugal in Porto on Tuesday for a chance to be in Qatar in November.
Italy humiliated by North Macedonia to miss second successive World Cup
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.
Marco Verratti admits Italy's loss to North Macedonia is a 'disaster'
Marco Verratti was distraught after Italy missed out on a second successive World Cup by losing 1-0 at home to North Macedonia in their playoff semi-final.
Italy Miss 2nd Successive FIFA World Cup After Shock Loss To North Macedonia
Roberto Mancini was reeling from the most painful defeat of his managerial career after Thursday's stunning, last-gasp 0-1 loss to North Macedonia meant they missed out on their second World Cup in a row. Mancini had become a national hero after leading the Azzurri back from the horrors of failing to reach the 2018 tournament and winning Euro 2020 last summer. However performance levels have dropped since those balmy nights and after throwing away automatic qualification in November Italy were dumped out in humiliating fashion in Palermo in a fraught play-off semi-final.
Portugal survive late scare to set up World Cup showdown with North Macedonia
Portugal survived a nervous ending to move one step closer to reaching the World Cup with a 3-1 win over Turkey in their playoff semi-final on Thursday.