Undone by its own medicine: has this football giant self-destructed?
Is Italian football experiencing a bitter déjà vu today? In Bergamo, the national team faces a must-win World Cup qualifying playoff. Their opponent is heavy underdog Northern Ireland.
On paper, the...
Undone by its own medicine: has this football giant self-destructed? Is Italian football experiencing a bitter déjà vu today? In Bergamo, the national team faces a must-win World Cup qualifying playoff.
Their opponent is heavy underdog Northern Ireland. On paper, the situation looks favorable. At the same time, though, it also feels uncomfortably familiar.
In 2017 against Sweden and in 2022 against North Macedonia, the Squadra Azzurra already stumbled in the playoffs against supposedly smaller opponents and ultimately missed out on the World Cup. A third straight knockout is now looming! The scale of the crisis is enormous.
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