Italy miss another World Cup; Portugal, Wales, Sweden advance

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European champions Italy will miss a second straight World Cup after being shocked 1-0 in stoppage time by North Macedonia in a play-off on Thursday. Four-time world champions Italy dominated the entire game in Palermo and recorded 32-4 attempts but only few were on target. Aleksandar Trajkovski did better on the other end when he found the net with a low shot from 25 metres into the left corner two minutes into added on time. “It is difficult to explain. There is a great disappointment, even today we played a good game but we couldn’t score,” Italy’s veteran defender Giorgio Chiellini, who ca…

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