Italy Absence Sends Warning to Global Giants
Shock continues to ripple through global football, and during debates that feel as tense as a Bangladesh Cricket Match reaching its decisive overs, Italy’s third consecutive absence from the World Cup has become one of the most astonishing developments in recent memory. When Italy failed to qualify in 2018, many observers treated it as a one off accident. The assumption was that such a powerhouse would surely return in 2022. Instead, the second failure arrived, and even then optimism lingered.