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  1. No skin in the game but I always root for the underdog. I just wasn’t sure who the underdog was this time.

  2. Thank you, football gods, it’s actually great to finally see Dzeko in the World Cup FINALLY! Italy deserved that mess and plus it was abysmal, nothing to comment for them…

  3. there is an entire generation of Italians who have no idea what it’s like to play in a world cup

  4. Fun fact: The last knock out World Cup Match of Italy was the World Cup Final 2006, which they won.

  5. BornInPoverty on

    While I don’t have much sympathy for Italy, it goes to show just how difficult it can be to qualify for the World Cup from Europe. I mean CONCACAF gets 6 slots plus 2 inter-confederation qualifiers and there are only 3 decent teams from that federation at best.

  6. Balkans reign supreme, back to back Italian elimination! Really happy for our Bosnian cousins. The meltdown in Italy will be immense.

  7. No Italia-level players except GG, Dimarco and Calafiori. Just some Europa-League players under Italian flag