Italy left on the beach again for the World Cup, Northern Macedonia hit overtime – Sweden wins overtime

The qualifiers for the World Cup started on Thursday night with four matches for European countries. The winners of the matches advanced to the final stage of the qualifiers, from where the winners of the match pairs will redeem their World Cup place.

The biggest news on Thursday night came from Palermo, Italy. The reigning European champion Italy, who played as a home team, lost 0-1 to Northern Macedonia.

The paint was bleached for 92 minutes. Extra time match for Northern Macedonia Aleksandar Trajkovski loaded the ball about 20 meters past the goalkeeper selected as the best player in the European Championships Gianluigi Donnarumman. That means Italy is out for the Qatar World Cup, which will be played in late 2022.

Italian star strikers Ciro Immobilen and Lorenzo Insignen led by 29-year-old Trajkovski, who plays for the Saudi Arabian Al Feihan team.

Macedonia or Northern Macedonia have never played in the World Cup.

The loss is a disaster for the country that won four World Cup gold, most recently in 2006. Italy also missed the beach from previous World Cups played in Russia. All in all, this is the third time in history that Italy has not been seen at the Men’s World Cup.

The last time Italy played in the World Cup playoff was in 2006 – it was the winning World Cup final.

According to ESPN (switching to another service) Italy had never lost a World Cup qualifier at home. Before facing Northern Macedonia, Italy had won 48 of the qualifiers with a home green and played 11 times in a draw.

Portugal, on the other hand, advanced to the final stage of the qualifiers, beating Turkey 3-1. With an easy win, there was no win, even though the first half hit Otavio and Diogo Jota.

Experienced Turkish striker in the second half Burak Yilmaz reduced. Turkey got a penalty shot and had a dream opportunity to rise to the levels in the 83rd minute of the game, but Yilmaz failed. The final scores were then finished with extra time Matheus Nunes.

Wales beat Austria 2-1 for first place Gareth Balen hits. In particular, Bale’s 1-0 shot from the free kick was eye-catching.

The fourth match of the evening, Sweden-Czech Republic, advanced to 0-0.

After 110 minutes, Sweden became the hero of Tukhkolma’s evening Robin Quaison. The 28-year-old midfielder played a handsome wall pass in the penalty area Alexander Isakin with and placed the ball in the net.

That means too Zlatan Ibrahimovicin The national team career continues for at least one more match. On Thursday, the veteran striker was sidelined due to a ban.

In the final stages of the qualifiers this summer, Wales will face the winner of the Scottish-Ukraine match. The other two finals of the final round will be played next Tuesday, March 29: Poland will face Sweden and Portugal will face Northern Macedonia.

Ten countries survived the qualifiers that ended in the autumn for the World Cup. France took a direct place in the Finnish block. These countries will therefore be joined by three more countries from further qualifiers.