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Italy fails to qualify for third straight World Cup

Published April 1, 2026 · Updated April 1, 2026 · The Guardian

Italy has missed the World Cup for a third straight year after a painful 4-1 penalty shootout loss to Bosnia.

Italian fans expressed deep despair following the team's exit, with one restaurant worker lamenting, "We are a population of failures. End of story."

Corriere della Sera dubbed the elimination the "World Cup curse," while Gazzetta dello Sport described it as the "Third apocalypse."

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