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isn t it? now the shock of the night came in italy. the european champions, will not be at the world cup. it s the second time running they will miss out after they were stunned by north macdonia, who defended heroically for 90 minutes and then scored the only goal, of their play off semi final in added time. so they will now play in the final eliminator against portugal, who beat turkey. it s just eight months since italy celebrated one of their greatest triumphs beating england at wembley to win euro 2020. with scotland s play off semi final against ukraine, pushed back untiljune, for obvious reasons, the scots had a friendly with poland at hampden. arsenal s kieran tierney scored his first goal for his country before poland equalised in injury time. and a large sum was raised
of our hands. i guess there is an argument for both sides, you know, of it being somewhere else and being in another country. the important thing is that it country. the important thing is thatitis country. the important thing is that it is going to be in a and it is shining a light on that country and hopefully that will help make change and, yeah, as a player and as a nation we can only try and move that forward in the right direction kattar. there s a busy day of world cup qualifying ahead around the world. wales face austria later on thursday. gareth bale says wales will use the hurt of previous near misses as inspiration for their world cup play off semi final. they ve come close on several occasions, but haven t made it to the tournament since 1958. the welsh captain says they will have to give 100% and have no regrets. it is something that i would love to achieve for myself and my country, for the fans of wales. wejust