last updated on .From the section European FootballSweden celebrateSweden last qualified for the World Cup in 2006, the year Italy last won the tournament Four-time champions Italy failed to reach the World Cup for the first clock since 1958 after a play-off defeat against Sweden. It means the Azzurri will not be present in the competition for entirely the second time in their history having declined to play at the inaugural tournament in 1930.

Midfielder Jakob Johansson ‘s deflected hit in the first gear leg was the dispute as the irregular leg at Milan ‘s San Siro stadium ended scoreless. Sweden sat back on their advantage and, despite the hosts enjoying 76 % possession, they failed to find the breakthrough – Italy ‘s best casual saw goalkeeper Robin Olsen palm away substitute Stephan El Shaarawy ‘s thumping late volley. Striker Ciro Immobile missed a number of chances and his low campaign in the first half was cleared off the line by centre-back Andreas Granqvist. The consequence sees Jan Andersson ‘s Sweden side reach the World Cup for the first clock time since 2006, when they were in the same group as England .

Sweden reduce Italy to tears

Gazzetta dello SportItalian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport’s headline While Italy dominated the second leg and had 20 shots at goal, their exertions radiated a growing sense of despair. Giampiero Ventura ‘s side were unable to carve open a unhesitating Swedish defense which sat deep and frequently had a note of six defenders camped in their box, heading away each cross and set-piece into the box. In all, the Swedes made a total of 56 clearances between them, plus 19 interceptions. Both sides could have been awarded penalties : first Ludwig Augustinsson brought down Marco Parolo with a bungling challenge while Manchester United ‘s Matteo Darmian and Juventus veteran Andrea Barzagli were fortunate to escape with handballs for Italy. Lazio striker Immobile, who has 14 club goals this season, hit the side-netting from a tight angle early on and struck a first-time shoot wide from close range in the second half. At the other end, Sweden keeper Olsen saved well from midfielders Jorginho and Alessandro Florenzi, who besides clipped an acrobatic volley narrowly wide. many of the Italy players fell to the land at the full-time whistle, with strikers Andrea Belotti and Immobile reduced to tears, as the Swedes ran off to sky-high celebrate their reservation for adjacent summer ‘s tournament in Russia .

End of an era as Buffon bows out

Gianluigi Buffon and Gianpiero VenturaDid goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon and coach Gianpiero Ventura feature in their last Italy game together? italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport described the loss as akin to the “ revelation ” in their headline for the match composition. external-link Captain Gianluigi Buffon was earning his 175th hood for Italy and the 39-year-old goalkeeper confirmed it was his final international appearance, having announced his decision to retire from football at the end of the temper. AC Milan ‘s highly-rated 18-year-old Gianluigi Donnarumma was on the workbench and the adolescent, who already has four cap, is in line to take over the number one shirt for the following campaign – qualify for the 2020 european Championship. World Cup winner Buffon, who was besides tearful at the concluding whistle, said : “ I am not blue for myself but all of italian football. We failed at something which besides means something on a social level. ”ItalyItaly’s record in the latter stages of the World Cup It may besides be the end for coach Ventura. The 69-year-old coach reportedly refused to give an interview to television after the match. He received much criticism for his decision to play a 4-2-4 formation against Spain, when his side were heavily beaten 3-0, and will once again be asked questions why he refused to play Napoli ‘s Lorenzo Insigne, who has six goals already this season for his club side. Ventura was given a new sign until 2020 only in August, but the Italian football association could nowadays turn to erstwhile AC Milan and Juventus director Carlo Ancelotti who is available after leaving german champions Bayern Munich .

Granqvist a cut above the rest

Andreas GranqvistGranqvist played 16 games for Wigan between 2006 and 2008 Former Wigan defender Granqvist, who was world of the match in the first leg, put in another colossal operation at the back for Sweden. The 32-year-old said : “ For my part, this is the biggest thing that has happened to me and for those of us that are older this is credibly the last chance to play at a World Cup so to succeed in those circumstances is an incredible rejoice. ” concisely after the match, captain Granqvist was seen sporting a new haircut because of a predict made earlier in the passing campaign. He added : “ I said to the lads in the dressing room that if we got to the World Cup they could shave it off. I thought they had forgotten it, but John Guidetti and Victor Lindelof shaved it off square away, ”

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Line-ups

Italy

geological formation 3-5-2

1

Buffon

15

Barzagli

19

Bonucci

3

Chiellini

8

Florenzi

6

Candreva

7

Jorginho

18

Parolo

4

Darmian

23

Gabbiadini

11

Immobile

  • 1

    Buffon

  • 15

    Barzagli

    Booked at 22mins

  • 19

    Bonucci

  • 3

    Chiellini

    Booked at 9mins

  • 8

    Florenzi

  • 6

    Candreva

    Substituted for

    Bernardeschi

    at

    76′

    minutes

    Booked at 90mins

  • 7

    Jorginho

  • 18

    Parolo

  • 4

    Darmian

    Substituted for

    El Shaarawy

    at

    63′

    minutes

  • 23

    Gabbiadini

    Substituted for

    Belotti

    at

    63′

    minutes

  • 11

    Immobile

    Booked at 90mins

Substitutes

  • 2

    Rugani

  • 5

    Gagliardini

  • 9

    Belotti

  • 10

    Insigne

  • 12

    G Donnarumma

  • 13

    Astori

  • 14

    Perin

  • 16

    De Rossi

  • 17

    Éder

  • 20

    Bernardeschi

  • 21

    Zappacosta

  • 22

    El Shaarawy

Sweden

formation 4-4-2

1

Olsen

2

Lustig

3

Lindelöf

4

Granqvist

6

Augustinsson

17

Claesson

7

Larsson

13

Johansson

10

Forsberg

9

Berg

20

Toivonen

  • 1

    Olsen

    Booked at 90mins

  • 2

    Lustig

    Booked at 65mins

  • 3

    Lindelöf

  • 4

    Granqvist

  • 6

    Augustinsson

  • 17

    Claesson

    Substituted for

    Rohden

    at

    72′

    minutes

  • 7

    Larsson

  • 13

    Johansson

    Booked at 9mins

    Substituted for

    Svensson

    at

    19′

    minutes

  • 10

    Forsberg

    Booked at 29mins

  • 9

    Berg

  • 20

    Toivonen

    Substituted for

    Thelin

    at

    54′

    minutes

    Booked at 69mins

Substitutes

  • 5

    Olsson

  • 8

    Thelin

  • 11

    Guidetti

  • 12

    Johnsson

  • 14

    Helander

  • 15

    Svensson

  • 16

    Krafth

  • 18

    Jansson

  • 19

    Rohden

  • 21

    Durmaz

  • 22

    Sema

  • 23

    Nordfeldt

Referee:
Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz
Attendance:
72,696

Match Stats

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    Match ends, Italy 0, Sweden 0 .

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    second gear Half ends, Italy 0, Sweden 0 .

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    Offside, Italy. Federico Bernardeschi tries a through ball, but Giorgio Chiellini is caught offside .

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    attempt blocked. Federico Bernardeschi ( Italy ) left footed injection from outside the box is blocked .

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    Corner, Italy. Conceded by Ludwig Augustinsson .

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    attempt blocked. Alessandro Florenzi ( Italy ) left footed guess from the proper side of the box is blocked .

  7. Booking

    Robin Olsen ( Sweden ) is shown the yellow card .

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    attack missed. Jorginho ( Italy ) correct footed shoot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left field following a corner .

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    Corner, Italy. Conceded by Andreas Granqvist .

  10. Booking

    Federico Bernardeschi ( Italy ) is shown the yellow calling card for a bad cruddy .

  11. Booking

    Ciro Immobile ( Italy ) is shown the yellow calling card .

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    afoul by Federico Bernardeschi ( Italy ) .

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    Sebastian Larsson ( Sweden ) wins a free complain in the defensive half .

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    attempt missed. Leonardo Bonucci ( Italy ) header from the center of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Giorgio Chiellini with a crisscross .

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    Foul by Andrea Barzagli ( Italy ) .

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    Marcus Berg ( Sweden ) wins a loose recoil in the defensive one-half .

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    attempt missed. Marco Parolo ( Italy ) header from the center of the box misses to the leave. Assisted by Alessandro Florenzi with a cross .

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    Attempt saved. Stephan El Shaarawy ( Italy ) right footed snapshot from the leave side of the box is saved in the exceed leftover corner. Assisted by Ciro Immobile with a head pass .

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    attempt blocked. Federico Bernardeschi ( Italy ) header from the center of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alessandro Florenzi with a cross .

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    try missed. Andrea Belotti ( Italy ) left footed shoot from outside the box is conclusion, but misses to the leave. Assisted by Marco Parolo .

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