Football giants in danger of missing World Cup

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Italy volition person to spell done the playoffs erstwhile again successful its bid to scope the World Cup.

Switzerland and England are heading consecutive to Qatar.

By drafting 0-0 astatine Northern Ireland, Italy — crowned European champion lone 4 months agone — had to settee for finishing arsenic the runner-up successful its European qualifying radical down Switzerland, which bushed Bulgaria 4-0.

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The Italians besides failed to unafraid automatic qualification for the 2018 World Cup and coiled up losing to Sweden successful a two-leg playoff for 1 of the darkest moments successful the Azzurri’s shot history.

This time, they’ll request to get done 2 one-leg matchups to beforehand successful a recently devised playoff system. The gully takes spot connected November 26 and Italy volition beryllium astatine location for its archetypal lucifer due to the fact that it volition beryllium a seeded team.

England needed lone a constituent to decorativeness successful archetypal spot successful its radical but got a batch much - a 10-0 triumph implicit San Marino for its biggest triumph successful a competitory fixture.

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Scotland volition beryllium seeded, similar Italy, successful the playoffs aft a 2-0 triumph implicit Group F victor Denmark, whose cleanable grounds successful qualifying came to an end.

Poland finished 2nd successful England’s radical and closed with a 2-1 nonaccomplishment astatine location to Hungary, and volition apt beryllium distant successful its archetypal lucifer successful the playoffs.

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