Chelsea midfielder Jorginho has admitted that "small errors" cost Italy in their World Cup qualifier against North Macedonia, a total contrast to what happened in the Euro 2020 final against England.
Robert Mancini's side were odds on favourite to make the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after their re-emergence amongst the elite was confirmed with their Wembley win against Gareth Southgate's side via penalties in the summer. However, they needed to back this up with qualification for this year's World Cup having missed out in the 2018 competition that was held in Russia.
Despite registering a host of shots throughout the 90 minutes, it was their opponents and Euro 2020 newbies North Macedonia that delivered the knockout blow in injury time, which has left Italian fans quickly forgetting about their heroics last summer. Aleksander Trajkovski's low driven effort outside the box evaded the long arms of Gianluigi Donnarumma to the elation of Macedonian fans who were sat in a small corner of the stadium in Palermo.
