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Nathan Ridley & Tom Blow

George Best, Ryan Giggs, Jorginho and five other big-name stars never to play at a World Cup

George Best Ryan Giggs Bernd Schuster Duncan Edwards David Ginola Eric Cantona George Weah a World Cup Ian Rush Di Stefano

Chelsea midfielder Jorginho says Italy's failure to qualify for the World Cup in Qatar will "haunt me for the rest of my life".

The European champions were sensationally knocked out of the tournament by North Macedonia in a qualifying play-off semi-final last Thursday. Aleksandar Trajkovski's superb late strike in Palermo stunned the Italians, who have failed to qualify for two consecutive World Cup finals. Italy haven't won a World Cup knockout game since winning the competition in 2006.

Their only victory at the finals since that triumph was their 2-1 win against England in 2014. Roy Hodgson's team that day included Joe Hart, Phi Jagielka and Leighton Baines.

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