Italy is experiencing the nightmare of missing the World Cup for the second time in a row
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After the magical summer nights experienced by Italy's supporters when crowning Euro 2020, the champion came out of the narrow door of the Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifiers, with a disastrous loss against North Macedonia 0-1 to miss the World Cup for the second time in a row.
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The "renaissance" of Italian football, led by coach Roberto Mancini, ended shockingly in Palermo after the humiliating fall against North Macedonia, despite the fact that "Azzori" controlled the course of the game completely and his players shot 32 times towards the North Macedonia goal.
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Italy thus returned to the pre-Mancini era, specifically in November 2017, when it fell against Sweden in the play-off also by losing the first leg in Stockholm and being satisfied with a negative draw at home, to miss the World Cup at the time for the first time in 60 years.
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Italy, the four-time world champion, entered a dark tunnel again, with its absence for the second time in a row, and thus a period of 12 years will pass before a possible return to the finals scheduled for 2026 in three countries: the United States, Mexico and Canada.
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Since winning the World Cup in Germany in 2006 at the expense of France on penalties, Italy has experienced one nightmare after another in the finals, because it was eliminated from the group stage in the next two editions in South Africa 2010 and Brazil 2014, before missing from Russia 2018 and the next Qatar edition scheduled for the end of this year.
-Mancini's fate-
The question that arises is will Mancini remain at the helm of the technical staff? It seems that he is continuing, especially after his contract was renewed last year until 2026 as a reward for winning the continental title, unlike former coach Jean Piero Ventura, who paid the price of leaving the play-off against Sweden 5 years ago.
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Mancini did not want to delve into his future after the match, but he spoke of "a great disappointment", noting that "having lived my best evening in my coaching career during the summer, I am living the biggest disappointment."
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Adding to the horror of the disaster, many were counting on the team to forget the decline in the level of local clubs on the continental level, as none of them failed to reach the quarter-finals of the European Champions League for the second year in a row.
International retirement on the horizon
The Italian exit will likely lead to the retirement of some influential figures in the national team, led by veteran defensive duo Giorgi Chiellini (37 years) and Leonardo Bonucci (34), both of whom contributed significantly to the European crown 10 months ago, while Ciro Immobile is currently 32, and will move Lorenzo Insigne (30 years old) to play in Canada.
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As for the younger players who did not experience the bitterness of exiting the group stage in 2014 in the last appearance for Italy, goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, Nicolo Parilla, Federico Chiesa and Manuel Locatelli, they will have to wait at least four years to participate in the wedding for the first time in their careers.
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