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Italy’s shame: The Azzurri, four-time World Cup winners, are watching the 2026 edition on TV
Italy's Pio Esposito after missing a penalty during the World Cup qualifying playoff final against Bosnia and Herzegovina in Zenica, Bosnia on March 31.Fabio Ferrari/The Associated Press
On July 10, 2006, Italy staged the biggest outdoor celebration in its history. Some 500,000 soccer fans flooded into the Circus Maximus – the ancient chariot racetrack in the heart of Rome – to cheer Italy’s stunning victory over France the day before in the World Cup final in Berlin. The crowd was delirious with happiness and pride when the team, known as the Azzurri (the Blues), arrived in open-top buses. Fabio Cannavaro, team captain and defensive genius, who had earned the nickname “The Berlin Wall,” was hailed as a god.
Infantino refuses to rule out 64-team World Cups, jokes that even Italy could qualify
FIFA president Gianni Infantino joked that struggling Italy might manage to qualify for the World Cup if the competition was expanded from 48 to 64 teams in 2030.
Four-time world champions Italy failed to qualify for Russia 2018, Qatar 2022 and now North America 2026, the first edition to feature 48 teams.
"We have had discussions about expanding to 64 teams… the matter was presented to the FIFA council," Infantino told Brazilian digital broadcaster CazeTV on Thursday before the World Cup opener, which Mexico won 2-0 against South Africa.
"Maybe Italy qualify with 64 teams, or we could even go up to 208 teams," he added with a laugh in a brief interview as he entered Mexico City's Azteca Stadium.
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Why do Italy win at youth level but can’t make a World Cup?
Italian national teams are serial winners and finalists at various age levels but have missed three World Cups in a row. Giancarlo Rinaldi looks at why their teenage starlets keep failing to make the grade.
Maybe, like Roberto Baggio when he was being substituted by Arrigo Sacchi, people thought he was mad. And yet, there was a message Roberto Mancini was trying to send when he claimed that Simone Pafundi was the first name on his call-up list. Italy needs to cherish its young players more and have a bit more faith in them if it hopes to succeed. Otherwise, qualification for international football’s biggest competition may remain little more than a mirage.
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