World Cup in Qatar.On home soil at the Stadio Renzo Barbera in Palermo, a 92nd-minute winner from Aleksandar Trajkovski condemned the reigning European champions to a 1-0 defeat.
Having also failed to qualify for the 2018 tournament, the shock result means the Azzurri will miss a second successive World Cup.It's just eight months since Italy beat England via a penalty shootout to claim the Henri Delaunay Trophy.
And fans - and pundits - have not held back in their brutal assessments of Roberto Mancini's side, with one supporter labelling them "cowards.""One of the biggest shocks in European Qualifying history?!
What has happened to Italy in the last 8 months???" questioned one supporter."Nothing better than ending the day and hearing that Italy lost to Northern Macedonia and are out of the World Cup," quipped another."If you can’t beat North Macedonia, then you don’t deserve to be in the World Cup.
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