Tuesday, November 14, 2017

No Italy in World Cup '18

This is hard to believe. Italy has qualified for every World Cup since I was born (and I'm not young).

This year they couldn't do it. A scoreless draw to Sweden yesterday knocked them out.

That's too bad for the soccer-loving nation, although I have to admit--I've never been able to root for them. They play dirty, they play ridiculously defensively, and they have beaten the Germans a few too many times.