FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - World Cup - UEFA Qualifiers - Play-Off Semi Final - Italy v North Macedonia - Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo, Italy - March 24, 2022 Italy coach Roberto Mancini reacts REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
(Reuters) - Italy coach Roberto Mancini insisted his decision to keep faith with the same players who won the European Championships last July for the Azzurri's disastrous World Cup qualification campaign that followed was the right call.
Mancini's side missed out on the World Cup finals after losing 1-0 at home to North Macedonia in their playoff semi-final in March, their second successive failure to do so, having previously not missed a World Cup finals since 1958.
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