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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Mark Jones

Six players sent home from Italy camp after World Cup shame with retirements expected

Italy boss Roberto Mancini has allowed six players to leave the Azzurri training camp following their shock World Cup playoff defeat to North Macedonia, with half of those now tipped to retire from international football.

The reigning European champions are still reeling from their 1-0 defeat in Palermo on Thursday night, with the four-times winners now absent from their second successive World Cup having missed out on Russia in 2018.

Chelsea midfielder Jorginho, Lazio forward Ciro Immobile and Napoli's Lorenzo Insigne, who will join Toronto FC this summer, were all heavily criticised by Italian media following the defeat, and all three have now left the camp ahead of Tuesday's friendly against Turkey in Konya.

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