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Eliminated by North Macedonia (1-0) in the semi-finals of the European zone play-offs, Italy will not play the next World Cup in Qatar. What seriously annoy the Italian central defender Leonardo Bonucci, very upset against the system of qualifications for this World Cup 2022.
“We played everything in one match, it’s absurd as a rule, judged the Juventus Turin player at a press conference. It’s a crazy decision. We play back and forth matches and anything can happen on one single game, as we have seen. There are national teams qualified in other confederations which have lost four or five games. And we were eliminated by a goal in the 92nd minute on our only defeat. This new formula is madness.”
With four wins and four draws, the winner of the last Euro finished 2nd in his group (16 points) behind Switzerland (18 points).
