Italy, the four-time world champion, lost the FIFA World Cup for the third time in a row

The four-time world champion Italy failed to participate in the FIFA World Cup again.

According to reports, in the playoff final played in Zenica, Italy, he lost on penalties against Bosnia and Herzegovina.

With this defeat, Italy became the first former champion team in history not to participate in three consecutive World Cup tournaments.

Moses Kane started for Italy in the match, but defender Alessandro Bastoni was shown a red card before the end of the first half and the team had to play with 10 men.

In the 79th minute, Bosnian substitute Haras Tabaković scored a goal and the match was tied.

Both teams failed to score in extra time, after which the decision went to penalties where two Italian players missed the target and Bosnia scored the decisive penalty to win.

The defeat added to Italy’s recent string of defeats, as they have previously failed to qualify for two World Cups.

World champion Italy in 2006 since 2010 they failed to advance from the group stage in the 2010 and 2014 World Cups.

On the other hand, Bosnia took part in the FIFA World Cup for the second time since 2014.

Celebrations are in the air across the country after Bosnia qualified for the FIFA World Cup.