I'm still in shock how we can't see Italy in this tournament. They were just eliminated by North Macedonia and couldn't even fight for their World Cup ticket against Portugal in the last round of the qualification. This is definitely unacceptable for me. Because Italy have a wonderful squad normally. They were the champions of the Euro 2020 too. A team like this shouldn't even struggle against a team like North Macedonia. I would have really liked to see them here.
This is not the first time they have failed because in 2018 they did the same thing and failed to go to Russia at that time.
Actually there is nothing wrong with Italy but indeed they are a big team and with above average quality players which makes them overconfident and this is the second period they have failed and interestingly they failed towards the end. It's a shame but we can't do much because from an individual point of view they were good but from a team perspective they were lacking and they failed.