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Italy is missing the World Cup for the third time in a row.

Posted on 3/31/26 at 5:28 pm
Posted by SabiDojo
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Posted on 3/31/26 at 5:28 pm
They haven't made the tournament since 2014, and in that tournament they went home in the group stage.
Posted by Alyosha
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Posted on 3/31/26 at 5:31 pm to
Espasito echoes of Baggio with that sky hit
Posted by metallica81788
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Posted on 3/31/26 at 5:35 pm to
Good
Hate the way Italy plays and their dramatic bs
Donnarumma the only one I feel bad for
Posted by Keys Open Doors
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Posted on 3/31/26 at 5:42 pm to
I am expecting that weasel Johnny Baby to try to back door a spot for his home country, if Iran boycotts the World Cup based on the actions of the winner of his inaugural peace prize.
Posted by Boodis Man
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Posted on 3/31/26 at 5:52 pm to
Italy did win euro 2021 though
Posted by RandySavage
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Posted on 3/31/26 at 6:05 pm to
Another World Cup without Fratelli D'Italia is a loss for us all.
Posted by RemouladeSawce
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Posted on 3/31/26 at 6:48 pm to
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They haven't made the tournament since 2014, and in that tournament they went home in the group stage.
They also finished last in their 2010 group as defending champs

Italy ends the 2026 cycle locked into 5 COMBINED group stage points over the last 5 World Cups

It’s like the football gods realized how badly they fricked up letting them win in 2006 after the scandal with a team so mid and still need to set things right
This post was edited on 3/31/26 at 7:03 pm
Posted by ATLienTiger
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Posted on 3/31/26 at 6:56 pm to
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Another World Cup without Fratelli D'Italia is a loss for us all.


Might have a new flavor of the month and show up to support
Posted by Rrrrroger
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Posted on 3/31/26 at 7:43 pm to
Bastoni might get lynched in public when he returns, 0 chance he doesn’t join Barcelona in the summer
Posted by SabiDojo
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Posted on 3/31/26 at 8:13 pm to
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They also finished last in their 2010 group as defending champs


That’s not really unheard of. Spain was grouped in 2014 and Germany in 2018 (and 2022 lol).
Posted by SDtiger16
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Posted on 3/31/26 at 9:40 pm to
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with a team so mid


Was 2006 Italy mid?
Posted by Who_Dat_Tiger
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Posted on 3/31/26 at 10:22 pm to
Insane we’ll go 16 years at a minimum without them being in a WC
Posted by RemouladeSawce
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Posted on 3/31/26 at 10:23 pm to
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Was 2006 Italy mid?
Certainly not defensively. They were spectacular

But below the overall champion standard. And true to their catenaccio heritage, very much not pleasing to watch
This post was edited on 3/31/26 at 10:30 pm
Posted by Who_Dat_Tiger
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Posted on 3/31/26 at 10:24 pm to
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Italy did win euro 2021 though
think they were also on the longest winning or unbeaten streak in international history during that span too

Posted by southpawcock
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Posted on 4/1/26 at 7:01 am to
They're going to have a generation of players that may never play a WC match. Insane.
Posted by BDPops85
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Posted on 4/1/26 at 7:35 am to
France did the same in ‘02.
Posted by cattus
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Posted on 4/1/26 at 8:17 am to
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It’s like the football gods realized how badly they fricked up letting them win in 2006 after the scandal with a team so mid and still need to set things right
What a horrible fricking take
Posted by danilo
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Posted on 4/1/26 at 5:58 pm to
Why is that Bosnia player wearing a bra?
Posted by SabiDojo
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Posted on 4/1/26 at 8:22 pm to
…the performance tracker?
Posted by lsugorilla
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Posted on 4/2/26 at 1:14 am to
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Why is that Bosnia player wearing a bra?


Well it is Bosnia and HERzegovina
Not Bosnia HISzegovnia
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