The 4-time World Cup Champions just failed to qualify for the World Cup...for the THIRD consecutive time. 🤯 To understand how an absolute powerhouse like Italy fell this hard, we have to rewind the tape to July 9, 2006, under the bright lights of Berlin. It’s the World Cup Final between France and Italy. In the 110th minute, French legend Zinedine Zidane leans in and delivers the most infamous headbutt in sports history directly into the chest of Italian defender Marco Materazzi. Zidane gets a red card, walking past the golden trophy in absolute heartbreak. Italy goes on to win the match on penalties, lifting their fourth World Cup. They were on top of the world. But little did they know, they had just triggered the ultimate cosmic payback. Because since that exact night, the Azzurri have been living in a literal World Cup nightmare. Fast forward to 2010. Italy entered South Africa as the defending champions, expected to breeze through a group with Paraguay, New Zealand, and Slovakia. Instead, they finished dead last without winning a single game. Zero. Four years later in Brazil, things barely looked any better. They managed to beat England but suffered shock losses to Costa Rica and Uruguay, packing their bags after the group stage once again. In the span of eight years and two entire World Cups, the 4-time champions won exactly ONE game. If you thought getting knocked out of the group stages was bad, the universe was just getting warmed up. In 2018, the unthinkable happened when a playoff loss to Sweden meant Italy missed their first World Cup in 60 years. Then, in 2022, just months after winning the Euros and looking like giants again, they suffered a soul-crushing playoff loss to North Macedonia. And now? After losing on penalties to Bosnia and Herzegovina, they've missed the boat yet again, making it three straight World Cups without the famous blue shirts. It has been two decades since Italy has played a knockout match at a World Cup. That headbutt looks more like a turning point in football history with every passing tournament. #football #soccer #worldcup #FIFA

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🎙️| Adam Lallana, who played under De Zerbi, on if his former boss will keep #Tottenham in the premier league: "Definitely. Not even a doubt in my mind. I just think they're very, very fortunate. I'm actually slightly jealous. I was speaking to a player at #Spurs who was picking my brains about him. I just know they're going to be in for a rollercoaster, but a great one."

BREAKING NEWS: CF Pete Crow-Armstrong has been traded to the Milwaukee Brewers for 3 prospects including Jesus Made 🤯 #aprilfools #mlb #baseball #cubs #chicagocubs

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Ilia has officially changed his bio to 18-0 ☠️🥀

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🚨| Aston Villa and Chelsea were both willing to pay £40m for Lucas Bergvall in January, which #Spurs flatly rejected. #Tottenham are likely to be contacted by them again for him in the summer, especially if they are relegated. aftonbladet

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