The "Azure" were defeated by Bosnia and Herzegovina after penalties last night at "Bilin Polje" in Zenica.
TuttoMercatoWeb points out: "Italy misses the World Cup for the third year in a row: Bastoni is a tragedian, Bosnia goes to America", assessing that the red card opened the door to disaster and that the "azure" left Zenica in tears.
It has a similar tone The Sports Gazette, which writes:
"Italy, another historic collapse: Bosnia eliminated us on penalties, third World Cup in a row without the Azzurri," emphasizing that the misses from the penalty spot sealed an "epochal catastrophe."
Evening Courier goes even further with the title "The Apocalypse of Italy", stating that Keane gave false hope, and that everything ended in humiliation on penalties, while The Republic It talks about the "fall of Italy" and the new failure of a generation that failed to return to the big stage.
The shortest and perhaps most direct was Courier of Sport with the message:
"Italy, there is no excuse," with harsh criticism of the entire structure and a call for urgent changes after another major disappointment.
