{"id":52230,"date":"2017-11-14T05:45:11","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T05:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=52230"},"modified":"2017-11-14T05:45:11","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T05:45:11","slug":"italy-fails-qualify-world-cup-first-time-since-1958","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/italy-fails-qualify-world-cup-first-time-since-1958.html","title":{"rendered":"Italy fails to qualify for World Cup for first time since 1958"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Italy fails to qualify for World Cup for first time since 1958<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Italy fails to qualify for World Cup for first time since 1958:-One of the most successful soccer countries in the world won&#8217;t be traveling to Russia for the 2018 World Cup.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">For the first time since 1958, four-time World Cup winner Italy failed to qualify for the World Cup after losing in a playoff against Sweden.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Italy and Sweden played to a scoreless tie in the second leg match on Monday at San Siro in Milan with Italy losing 1-0 on aggregate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">The loss signaled what is likely the end of goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon&#8217;s international career. Buffon, who won the World Cup with Italy in 2006, made his national team debut two decades ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Sweden&#8217;s defense did enough to take away the Azzurri&#8217;s chances, and goalkeeper Robin Olsen was only really tested once.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Sweden reaches its first World Cup since 2006. It was denied two penalties for apparent handballs, first from Matteo Darmian and then from Andrea Barzagli.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Italy players and fans were devastated after missing the first World Cup since 1958<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\"> Jakob Johansson, who scored Sweden&#8217;s lone goal in the first leg, picked up an early yellow card Monday along with Giorgio Chiellini and Barzagli.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Italy is tied with Germany for the second-most World Cup titles, trailing Brazil, who has five.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Italy joins the United States and Chile as notable nations who failed to qualify.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 8pt\">Source:-https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/soccer\/worldcup\/2017\/11\/13\/italy-fails-qualify-world-cup-first-time-since-1958\/859306001\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/italy-fails-qualify-world-cup-first-time-since-1958.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italy fails to qualify for World Cup for first time since 1958 Italy fails to qualify for World Cup for first time since 1958:-One of the most successful soccer countries in the world won&#8217;t be traveling to Russia for the 2018 World Cup. 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