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The four-time World Champions and current European Champions will not be competing in Qatar. Thanks to a 1-0 home loss to North Macedonia, the Azzurri fail to qualify for the World Cup for the second consecutive time. Italy is not the first national team to fail to qualify for the World Cup after winning the European Championship. In 2004, Greece won the Euro but failed to qualify for the 2006 World Cup. The Azzurri was forced into World Cup qualifying play-off round after failing to win their group. Italy finished second in their qualifying group after their final two matches ended in consecu…