Football: The Clever of the Elfmeter lets Italy tremble

European champion Italy continues to attend participation in the World Cup in Qatar — and only a few months after the dreamlike EM summer.

On Friday evening, Qatar was already close to the Italians. Only eleven meters was it to the World Cup, Jorge stood at the point, one of the heroes of the past European Championship summer — what should be wrong? All went wrong. Jorge Bosch the ball in the Romans Night sky, the qualifier against Switzerland ended only 1: 1 (1: 1). And the European champion continues to run the risk of missing the World Cup.

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The curse of the penalty had struck again, wrote on Saturday the Gazette hello World Cup, Italy and Switzerland were in group C continue arm in arm on the way. Both teams have played 15 points, on Monday (20.45 clock), it now comes to the crucial remote duel: Italy travels with one more than two hits better gate ratio to Northern Ireland, Switzerland receives Bulgaria.

Only the first thing has the ticket for the World Cup 2022, the second must in the Playoffs and Agenda played Italy already in 2018 participation in the most important tournament. Maybe Jorge also had that in mind when he approached the faulerfeter against Yann Summer in the 90th minute. Whereby it is quite different explanations for the miscalculation.

Jericho with penalty poll

Because it was not the first for the Midfield boss of Italians, for Europe s footballers of the year. In the EM semifinals against Spain, he had turned the decisive penalty completely relaxed, even in the final against England Jorge failed. And in the first qualifier against Switzerland in September (0: 0) he awarded against Borussia Mönchengladbach s goalkeeper summer.

The supposed penalty specialist with the always casual start was close to the tears on Friday night, in the home he is now critically eyed. In this form, Jorge does not apply for the balloon d Or, the Golden Ball for the best footballer in the world, he is at best a candidate for the lead-ball, wrote the Gazette: Director Porfirio is blaming again.

Defender Leonardo ONUCI then wanted to take his colleague out of focus, says something like that, said the Routinize, we drive as a team, as a family to Belfast and get the World Cup. Even coach Roberto Mancini strengthened Jericho s back, this is a significant player for us — at the next opportunity, the coach indicated, probably nevertheless someone else to take a penalty.