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TOM COLLOMOSSE: If this result does not force
Italian football to rip everything up and start again‚ perhaps nothing will. The four-times world champions have failed to qualify for a third consecutive
World Cup - a source of utter shame for one of the game's traditional powerhouses. Playing w
ith 10 men for much of the match‚
Italy eventually succumbed 4-1 on penalties to
Bosnia-Herzegovina and will miss out on next summer's showpiece in
North America and
Mexico. There was glory for the 40-year-old
Edin Dzeko‚ who will become one of the oldest outfield players to contest a
World Cup.
Bosnia had 31 in shots in total and deserved to advance.