Devastated Italians reckon with 'third apocalypse' of World Cup failure

Ana Maria Rus

Leaning against a wall near a news-stand in central Rome, Tommaso Silvestri, 65, scans the morning's front pages, their headlines swinging between "apocalypse," "scandal" and "disaster" after Italy's latest footballing collapse. "We've made a real mess of it," he says, shaking his head. "We had players who couldn't even find the target." "The golden days of Italian football are well and truly gone." On Tuesday night in Zenica, four-time World Cup winners Italy failed to qualify for the

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