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·23 de marzo de 2026
Italy and the World Cup curse, play-off heartbreak revisited

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·23 de marzo de 2026

On 24 March 2022, Italy, European champions a year earlier, hosted North Macedonia in the World Cup play-off semi-finals for Qatar.
According to L'Équipe, the story is told in a 15-minute report revisiting that night.
The Nazionale had already missed the 2018 World Cup.
What followed brought another trauma for the side.
The piece frames Italy’s World Cup struggles as a curse and serves as the first of three chapters on play-off drama.
Source: L'Équipe









































