Italy out on penalties, Flamengo fans joke: “If Jorginho…” | OneFootball

Penalty specialist Jorginho was missed by Italy against Bosnia

For the third straight time, Italy is out of the World Cup. This Tuesday (31), the four-time world champion was eliminated in the playoff after a 1-1 draw in regular time with Bosnia. With the tie, the match went to penalties. With the Azzurri’s awful conversion rate, Flamengo fans remembered Jorginho, who has played for the European national team and is a specialist from the spot.

HOW DID FANS REACT AFTER ITALY’S ELIMINATION?

“Without Jorginho, Italy loses on penalties to Bosnia and is OUT OF THE WORLD CUP. If they had taken the specialist...”

“If they had taken Jorginho, at least one penalty would have gone in”

“Man, Gattuso should have called Jorginho to train these Italy guys on how to take penalties”

SO, HOW DID ITALY PERFORM IN THE PLAYOFF?

In a single match in Bosnia, Italy needed a win to reach the World Cup. And they even started well. In the 15th minute, Moise Kean opened the scoring for the visitors. However, things started to get complicated when Alessandro Bastoni committed a foul as the last man and was shown a red card.

With a man advantage and backed by the home crowd, Bosnia pushed until they found the equalizer in the closing moments. In the 34th minute of the second half, Haris Tabakovic made it all square, sending the match into extra time. There were 30 more minutes of pressure on Italy, who held on, and the duel went to penalties.

DID THEY MISS JORGINHO AFTER ALL?

Italy did not even get to take five penalties. On the very first one, Pio Esposito blasted the ball into the stands. Afterwards, Sandro Tonali converted. On the third, Bryan Cristante struck the crossbar. With Bosnia converting 100% of their kicks, the team secured a spot in the World Cup.

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