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“It feels like a nightmare”: Fans upset as Italy fails to qualify for third straight World Cup

Italy’s World Cup hopes ended in heartbreak after a penalty shootout loss to Bosnia, leaving stunned fans in Rome lamenting another missed chance and a 16-year absence from football’s biggest stage.

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00:00I don't want to go there!
00:17I say that I grew up with an Italy that arrived always between the first four World Cup.
00:23I've seen two times the Italy champion of the world.
00:26One more than a couple of years ago, because in the 1990s we've reached third,
00:32losing the finals.
00:33In the 1994s we lost the finals.
00:35And we didn't even look at the qualifications.
00:39I went to the cinema, I gave the qualifications of Italy as well.
00:49We won the Euro Cup 2021.
00:55So like we were not too bad.
00:57But it's like we're not ready for the good match.
01:00We're not ready when it matters.
01:02We're not ready when you need to give that extra.
01:05You're not ready when you have the pressure on.
01:10What can I say?
01:11Like the system is rotten.
01:13Completely rotten.
01:14Is it the system that's rotten or the team just didn't come and didn't show up?
01:17No, I mean the team.
01:19We knew that the team, I mean, has its limits.
01:23But like this, you know, like not going to the World Cup three times in a row.
01:28So Sweden, North Macedonia and Bosnia.
01:31What else can I say?
01:32I remember when I won the World Cup.
01:35It was the first World Cup.
01:37I have 10 years old.
01:39It's been amazing.
01:41It's been a lot more for the social experience.
01:43It's been a lot more.
01:45It's been an aspect of the collective.
01:47I have a lot of activities, felt it beyond my whole team and their own lives.
01:51Okay my team now put it on
02:00I'm sorry if my team,
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