Quote“We’re not going to play for a draw in Ghana – we’ll beat the shit out of them.”– Nigeria’s sports minister Sunday Dare ahead of the first leg of the World Cup qualifying play-off between the nations. They, eh, drew.
Number: 32That’s how many shots on goal Italy had last week in their World Cup play-off against North Macedonia, who had four. Result: 0-1. Disastro!
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Passions, as we might have anticipated, were running rather high in the Italian media after that calamitous defeat by North Macedonia last week. How restrained were the front pages? Well, Corriere dello Sport: “In to hell”; Il messaggero: “This is an epoch-making disaster!” Not very.
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- March 28, 2022
