Italy loses to North Macedonia and fails to qualify for the World Cup

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.

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.

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