Five biggest upsets in World Cup qualifier history after Italy dumped out
dailystar.co.ukDaily Star Sport has taken a look at some of the most recent World Cup qualifier ties where the 'minnow's picked up the win.Fresh of winning Euro 2020, Italy were seen as the overwhelming favourites to comfortably dispatch North Macedonia over the course of two legs.Roberto Mancini's side drew 1-1 in the first leg with Chelsea's Jorginho missing a penalty with minutes remaining.
In the second leg, Jorginho once again stepped up from 12 yards out but once again failed to find the back of the net. Italy had 30 shots in total over the course of the 90 minutes but were undone by Alexander Trajkovski's trike minutes into added time.It will be the second World Cup Italy will miss in a row and the 2018 edition ended in shock fashion as well.Italy World Cup qualifying woes stem back to 2018 when they were sent home by Sweden after a 1-0 defeat.
Fresh off failing to make it out of their World Cup finals group in 2014, Italy were hoping to bounce back and make up for disappointment years earlier.
But a Jakob Johansson goal in the first leg was too much for Italy to overcome, as they drew the second 0-0 and ended their hopes of making it to Russia.
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