'It's incredible that Italy doesn't have an automatic place in the World Cup', says Baggio

“Italy won the Euros. It’s incredible that they didn’t have an automatic place in the 2022 World Cup. Any team can have a bad day and lose an unexpected game, but what they did throughout Euros 2020 deserved to be rewarded in some way. I would have had a hard time accepting it if I was there,” he said. Roberto Baggio during an event in Rom, this Thursday (02).

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Italy missed out on the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after falling behind Switzerland in the qualifiers. Forced to resort to a play-off, blue Team was surprised by the very weak North Macedonia (0-1), which would later lose to Portugal.

One of Italy's greatest and most popular players in the 1990s and early 2000s, Baggio became a legend in Brazil after missing a penalty against Brazil in the final of the 1994 World Cup.

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