A goal from Trajkovski in the 93rd minute lifts North Macedonia and eliminates the European champion and four-time world champion, who repeats his failure of 2018.
The European champion He will not be at the World Cup in Qatar. Italy repeated the drama of 2018, when he was left out of the Russian tournament by losing in the playoff against Sweden. This Thursday they returned ghosts and the azzurra suffered one of the biggest catastrophes in its history when it fell in Palermo against North Macedonia (0-1). A goal of Trajkovski in the 93rd minute he ruined the team Roberto Mancini. The Portugal of Christian, the Gales of Bale and Sweden they also qualified for the play-off final.
#Macedonia surprised by eliminating #Italy in the playoff for a ticket to the World Cup. With a goal from Aleksandar Trajkovski in stoppage time, the Azzurri bid farewell to the possibility of qualifying #Qatar2022 pic.twitter.com/ALoPFXKbot
– Jorge Ovalle (@JorgeOvalle82) March 24, 2022
Eight months after becoming the continental queen at Wembley, Italy was flooded with tears. The 67th-ranked FIFA team achieved an incredible victory. The four-time world champion (1934, 1938, 1982 and 2006) did everything to win. shot 32 times for 4 of his rival, he threw 16 corners for any of the Macedonians, but he did not know how to beat Dimitrievskithe excellent goalkeeper of Rayo.
Donnarumma, beaten
The minutes went by in the stadium Renzo Barbera without a goal from Italy and the memory of 2018 weighed too much. A great goal by Trajkovski, former player of the Mallorca and, curiously, from Palermo he left frozen Donnarumma and an entire country, which will once again watch the World Cup on television. North Macedonia will meet on Tuesday with Portugal in one of the playoff finals. The Portuguese did do their homework and beat Turkey (3-1) at the Dragon Stadium. Cristiano Ronaldo did not mark
The last 15 days of Donnarumma:
✘ Eliminated from the Champions League with PSG (his mistake started Real Madrid’s comeback).
✘ Beaten 3-0 against AS Monaco in France.
✘ Eliminated from the fight for the Qatar 2022 World Cup (Italy’s defeat against Macedonia).NIGHTMARE. pic.twitter.com/uKJzjpphNJ
– Undefeated (@InvictosSomos) March 24, 2022
Soon the game was put in front of the block of Fernando Santoswho started with a gear more than his rival. octavio opened the scoring after a shot to the post Bernard Silva. The goal gave way to the best minutes of Turkey, which caressed the tie on several occasions. Solved the burdens, a header from Diogo Jota He put the victory on track shortly before the break. Yilmaz He put emotion and had the tie in his boots, but wasted a penalty (m. 85). Nunes ended the uncertainty in added time.
Bale double
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In Cardiff, meanwhile, emerged Gareth Bale to raise Wales against the Austria of David Alaba (2-1). The Madrid star, who was removed from the Clásico due to some suspicious inconvenience, scored first from a free kick and then with another great left foot. a shot of Sabitzer diverted by Davies (m. 64) put the Central Europeans into the game, who were unable to force the extension.
Gales a place in the World Cup will be played in June with the winner of the Scotland-Ukraine, postponed due to war. In Solna, finally, Sweden bent the Czech Republic in extra time (1-0, goal from Quaison) and will face Poland on Tuesday.