Football News : North Macedonia pull outs an upset against Italy to advance to the World Cup playoff final against Portugal

After a shock 1-0 loss at home to North Macedonia in their playoff semi-final on Thursday night, European champions Italy will not be involved in the 2022 World Cup. AleksandarTrajkovski scored a thrilling 92nd-minute goal for the visitors in Palermo, forcing the four-time world champions and current Euro 2020 holders to play Turkey, who were also knocked out by Portugal. Thus, the game between Turkey and Italy will now just be a consolation match as both are knocked out from the race to join the qualified teams at the Qatar World Cup.