Italy have failed to qualify for a second successive World Cup
(Picture: Reuters)Italy’s footballers have spoken of their crushing disappointment after the reigning European champions inexplicably failed to qualify for a second successive World Cup.
The four-time winners - who beat England at Wembley only last summer to seal a memorable second continental triumph - were huge favourites to overcome North Macedonia on home soil in Palermo on Wednesday night and advance through to the play-off final in Pathway C.
