The elimination of the Azzurri on the pages of Italian sports newspapers and in the foreign press
CAGLIARI. Italy eliminated from the World Cup stimulates the regrets of the Italian newspapers and the imagination of the foreign press. headlines: “Out of the world” and questions Roberto Mancini’s future. For the Corriere dello sport, the elimination sends Italy “To hell”, while the Turin-born Tuttosport chooses to start first with a “Nooooooooo!” that says it all.
In France, the team headlines on the front page on the defeat of Italy illustrated by a photo of Verratti, PSG star: “Italy lost in the desert”, underlining how the reigning European champions after the elimination of Russia 2018 have suffered a new bitter disappointment.
In Spain, even Marca dedicates the first page to the Italian collapse with a photo of Berardi on the ground crying: “Italia fuera del mundial” and in the subtitle: A goal in the 92nd minute of the former Majorca Trajkovski breaks all predictions.
First titles also in two other Spanish newspapers. As speaks of “Blue Tragedy” while for Mundo Deportivo “Italy remains on the road”.
Triumphal headlines in Macedonian newspapers. Among others, on his online site La Nuova Macedonia writes that “Macedonia has overthrown the invincibility of the Azzurri” and exalts Trajkovski defined as “The Macedonian champion who extinguished Italy’s world dreams”.
Even the South American newspapers had time to publish the news of the Azzurri’s defeat, a feral result for the many emigrants who live in those parts. The Chilean Mercury reports a sharp “Italy eliminated”, on a photo of Chiellini who consoles Raspadori. The Argentine Clarin instead notes how Italy “Once again, out of the world” with Jorginho who desperately puts his hands in his hair.