Day: April 8, 2022

FIFA World Cup Qualifiers: Which Teams Have Qualified? Eliminated Teams, Upcoming Fixtures

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FIFA World Cup Qualifiers: Which Teams Have Qualified? Eliminated Teams, Upcoming Fixtures

Euro 2020 champions Italy will be missing the flight to Qatar after being knocked out of the 2022 FIFA World Cup playoffs by North Macedonia. Aleksandar Trajkovski’s goal in the injury time in Palermo was enough for North Macedonia to get past four-time World Cup winners who also missed the World Cup in Russia. North Macedonia will now go to Porto to face Portugal next Tuesday after the Euro 2016 winners defeated Turkey 3-1 at the Estadio do Dragao. Teams who have already qualified for the Qatar World Cup football…

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European champions Italy out of World Cup after shock loss to North Macedonia

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European champions Italy out of World Cup after shock loss to North Macedonia

Eight months after winning the European Championship and being feted as national heroes, Italy’s football team crashed back to earth, missing out on the World Cup for the second time running. Italy lost 1-0 at home to little-fancied North Macedonia who scored the winner in injury time on Thursday. North Macedonia stunned European Champions Italy in the dying minutes to set up a clash against Portugal in the World Cup qualifying finals. The four-time World Champions failed to qualify for the tournament in Russia after being knocked out by Sweden in…

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