Another embarrassment: Italy lose to Bosnia on pens, miss World Cup | OneFootball

Failure is starting to feel too small a word for what happened to Italy on that cold night in Bosnia. How is it possible that the second-most decorated country in the world (alongside Germany) will be watching the World Cup on television for the third straight edition? A World Cup that Curaçao, Cape Verde, Uzbekistan, and Haiti will play in, but not one of the most significant national teams in history. It is a knockout blow.

The Dragons won 4-1 in the penalty shootout after drawing through goals from Tabakovic and Kean over 120 minutes, and qualified for their second World Cup after Brazil 2014. That edition was the last for the Azzurra, who have not played a World Cup knockout-round match in 20 years.

Meanwhile, Sweden beat Poland, Turkey defeated Kosovo, and the Czech Republic did the same against Denmark to book their ticket. The surprise, once again, came from Italy, who could not get past Bosnia and Herzegovina in the penalty shootout and were eliminated for the third consecutive time.

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