{"id":1715,"date":"2022-03-25T03:23:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T03:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unclekentang.com\/bi\/?p=1715"},"modified":"2022-03-25T03:23:05","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T03:23:05","slug":"italy-fails-to-qualify-for-world-cup-for-the-2nd-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unclekentang.com\/bi\/2022\/03\/25\/italy-fails-to-qualify-for-world-cup-for-the-2nd-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy fails to qualify for World Cup for the 2nd time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/author\/henry-bushnell-20161211\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/author\/henry-bushnell-20161211\">Henry Bushnell<\/a>Fri, 25 March 2022, 5:40 am<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/XXjJNN5wUTsbtcZ_bpIc5w--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2022-03\/723caf60-abb6-11ec-a9b3-56f37bddd7cb\" alt=\"PALERMO, ITALY - MARCH 24: Domenico Berardi of Italy looks dejected during the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifier knockout round play-off match between Italy and North Macedonia at Stadio Renzo Barbera on March 24, 2022 in Palermo, Italy. (Photo by Matteo Ciambelli\/DeFodi Images via Getty Images)\"\/><figcaption>Domenico Berardi and Italy missed several chances in their World Cup qualifying playoff against North Macedonia, and then lost on a late goal in Palermo. (Photo by Matteo Ciambelli\/DeFodi Images via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Milan, March 25 (Yahoo news) Italy was a fixture at the men&#8217;s World Cup for six decades, qualifying for soccer&#8217;s premier tournament without fail and winning its third and fourth titles. It established itself as one of the sport&#8217;s giants, culturally and competitively. It built a flourishing domestic league and a feared national team that seemed impervious to colossal failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And yet, on Thursday in Palermo, that team failed to qualify for its second consecutive World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It lost to North Macedonia, a former Yugoslav republic that has never qualified, and until this year never even came close. Aleksandar Trajkovski scored a stoppage-time goal to sink the Italians. His teammates spilled onto the field as an entire nation of 60 million emulated the Italian players, their hands on heads, their psyches stunned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are distraught,\u201d Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Henry BushnellFri, 25 March 2022, 5:40 am Domenico Berardi and Italy missed several chances in their World Cup qualifying playoff against North Macedonia, and then lost on a late goal in Palermo. (Photo by Matteo Ciambelli\/DeFodi Images via Getty Images) Milan, March 25 (Yahoo news) Italy was a fixture at the men&#8217;s World Cup for &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[317,123,2],"tags":[475,476,477],"class_list":["post-1715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-sport","category-tie-world","tag-italy","tag-soccer","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unclekentang.com\/bi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unclekentang.com\/bi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unclekentang.com\/bi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unclekentang.com\/bi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unclekentang.com\/bi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1715"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unclekentang.com\/bi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1717,"href":"https:\/\/unclekentang.com\/bi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1715\/revisions\/1717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unclekentang.com\/bi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unclekentang.com\/bi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unclekentang.com\/bi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unclekentang.com\/bi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}