Third time!

This is starting to seem like a pattern. Italy missed the 2014 and 2018 worldcups as they failed to qualify through the play offs. Now, again for the third time in the row, they will most probbaly slip into the playoffs - they face Norway in the final qualifier and need a 9 goal win to automatically qualify. The four time world champions have not done well in the play offs and missing another world cup would be far beyond catastrophic and will be in a realm of 'I don't know what to call it'!