Italy will miss the World Cup for the second straight time after a massive qualifying playoff round upset at the hands of North Macedonia.
Just nine months removed from winning the Euros, Italy suffered yet another national disgrace on the World Cup stage after missing out in 2018. Aleksandar Trajkovski’s 92nd-minute stunner proved to be the goal that sent Italy spiraling out of the qualifying playoff. The site of the game, Palermo, was fitting Trajkovski, who spent four seasons playing for the Italian club between 2015-19.