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'The World Cup Curse' - Italy Sheds Tears After Missing Out Again
The defeat extends Italy’s World Cup drought to three straight playoff losses and fuels calls for a rebuild and FIGC leadership changes.
- On Tuesday, Italy missed the World Cup for the third consecutive time after suffering a 4-1 penalty shootout loss to Bosnia in Rome following a 1-1 draw.
- Defender Alessandro Bastoni was sent off in the 42nd minute for a late last-man tackle, a key turning point that left Italy with 10 men while leading at the time.
- Newspapers like Corriere della Sera lamented the "World Cup curse," noting Italy has not won a tournament match since lifting the trophy for the fourth time in 2006.
- The League Party, part of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's coalition, called the defeat an "unacceptable disgrace" and demanded the resignation of Italian Soccer Federation President Gabriele Gravina.
- While Bosnia advances to Group B with Canada, Qatar, and Switzerland, Gravina faces a federal council meeting next week to determine his future as federation president.
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Oops, Italy Did It Again, Again!
There are many ways to frame what I'm about to say, and I'm sure someone funnier and smarter than me could find the perfect way to really maximize the impact of this sentence. I, however, think the bold-faced truth, with no embellishment, is the funniest way to deliver this news, and so: For the third straight time, the Italian national team has failed to qualify to the World Cup. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEKZd_BfUjU Thanks to two losses…
Absent from the last two World Cups, Italy has once again been deprived of participation in this summer's World Cup.
Italy Has Turned Into The Biggest Joke In International Soccer
Italian soccer is down tremendously. You could quite easily make the case that Italy is on the most-embarrassing run in modern sports history following its loss to Bosnia and Herzegovina on Tuesday, which made it the first former World Cup champions to miss out on three straight World Cups.Whether you're a mega-casual soccer fan or someone who follows the sport incredibly closely, Italy is inevitably one of the first countries you think of when …
"My heart aches so much, tears streaming down. Italian elementary students won't be able to watch the World Cup again... Shocking third consecutive elimination, hard to watch them cry." OSEN = Reporter Ko Seong-hwan. Italian children will once again be unable to see their national team playing on the World Cup stage. Italy [posted] on the 1st (KST)
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