Italy’s third apocalypse: Why a team who won four World Cups now can’t reach one

Behind the goal where the shootout ended, Bosnia's ultras unfurled a choreography showing a U.S. visa. The Fanaticos are going to the World Cup. Watching them from the halfway line, a rabble of Italy players turned away and tried to console one another. They cried while everyone partied around them.

"It's a nightmare," a tearful Leonardo Spinazzola said. "I've been on the national team nine years and still haven't played at a World Cup. It's awful. For Italy. For us."