Russia 2018: First Time In 60 Years, Italy Fail To Qualify For World Cup

Italian football suffered one of its greatest disasters as the national side missed out on the World Cup finals for the first time in 60 years.

Despite relentless pressure and countless chances, the Azzurri failed to overturn the 1-0 deficit from the first leg, plunging the football-mad nation into anger and despair.

Now November 13, 2017, will go down in infamy as one of its darkest nights.

In the short term, national coach Gian Piero Ventura will almost certainly be sacked, and legendary goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon will retire.

But the shock waves will reverberate far and wide in a country whose national team has been a fixture at 14 successive finals and has won the World Cup four times. They are expected to qualify as an absolute bare minimum.

This is the first time since 1958, and the second time in their history, that Italy has failed to qualify for football’s blue riband event.

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