【Now Sports】Dreams are broken in advance! The current European Cup leader, Italy, was beaten by North Macedonia 0:1 at home in the semi-finals of the C line of the World Cup European play-offs on Thursday, humiliatingly missed the final week for two consecutive terms. Italy was only 2nd in the external group stage and had to qualify through the play-offs. Unfortunately, they were also drawn to compete with Portugal for a seat on the same line. The two teams might only live one team. However, when everyone thought that there was a chance to stage a life-and-death battle between Italy and Portugal in the C-line final, Italy was out of the semi-finals.
The Italian army forgot to bring their shooting shoes in this game. They had controlled the situation in the first half, kicking up a total of 16 times, but only managed to hit the door frame 3 times. Among them, the North Madrid goalkeeper Dimidalievski had almost “gifted” in the first half. “The pass from the backcourt was intercepted by Bilady, but unfortunately, the Shasulu striker faced the empty goal, made an outrageous shot like a pass, and returned the ball to the opponent’s goalkeeper; then he wore the captain’s armband in the next game. Embili, a narrow shot from close range was also higher.
In the second half, Italy continued to madly attack the opponent, but the players in the frontcourt continued to miss the opportunity. No matter whether it was long-range or short-range, Bilardi missed the door frame. And Zuobado and other offensive players, unfortunately, they were also unable to score. Instead, in the 92nd minute of stoppage time, North Macedonian striker Aleksandar Trajkovski suddenly shot a cold arrow from outside the penalty area. When Nalong Ma, unexpectedly broke the boring situation. In the 95th minute, the Italian army collided and shot out of bounds in front of Zuobado. In the end, 32 kicks in the audience might not put the ball into the net, and they lost 0:1.
Italy also missed the 2018 World Cup finals 4 years ago. It also fell in the play-offs and lost to Sweden. It was an embarrassing record in team history. As for North Macedonia, there is a chance to make history, but the play-off final will face Portugal led by Christiano Ronaldo.