Men’s International Recap | Yilfiz and Turkiye qualify, Italy miss another World Cup | OneFootball

The last day of international matches for this window took place on Tuesday, with a lot of Bianconeri in action on the day.

It was a night that Italy will want, but be unable, to forget as the Azzurri lost on penalties to Bosnia and Herzegovina, meaning they will miss out on the Men’s World Cup for the third straight time after falling short in 2018 and 2022 previously. The game in Zenica has ended 1-1 after 90 and then 120 minutes after Alessandro Bastoni’s first-half red card.

Turkiye and Kenan Yildiz were celebrating as they beat Edon Zhegrova’s Kosovo 1-0 to reach this summer’s tournament.

At Under-21 level, Vasilije Adzic was involved at home against Poland for Montenegro. He played 90 minutes in their defeat, having played with 10 players for more than half an hour.

Filip Kostic played 30 minutes as Serbia beat Saudi Arabia 2-1 in a friendly, while Teun Koopmeiners came off the bench for Netherlands as they drew 1-1 with Ecuador.

Francisco Conceicao got the second half of Portugal’s 2-0 win over the United States, with Weston McKennie starting and playing the first 45 minutes. 

Canada and Tunisia played out a goalless draw, and Brazil beat Croatia 3-1 with Gleison Bremer on the bench. Lois Openda started for Belgium in their 1-1 draw with Mexico.