Italy failed to qualify for the World Cup finals for the second time in a row, after losing surprisingly 1-0 to North Macedonia on Thursday.

Alexander Trajkovski scored the winning goal for North Macedonia with a long-range shot in the second minute of overtime.

Despite Italy's absolute control over the course of things in the match, which took place in the Italian city of Palermo, the players of the blue team (European champions) failed to translate the chances they had into goals.

European champions Italy failed to qualify for the World Cup, while North Macedonia will play a playoff against Portugal for the ticket to appear in Qatar this year.