The story will be of another Italian apocalypse, yet another infamous occasion for a nation that has won four men\u2019s World Cups but is starting to believe it may never go to another after missing out for the third time in a row.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After a North Macedonian bolt from the blue in 2022, and a stultifying two-legged defeat by Sweden five years before that they found a new way to come up short in 2026 \u2013 eliminated on penalties in their playoff final against Bosnia and Herzegovina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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