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Furious Italy flops trash dressing room after World Cup play-off KO with empty bottles and food thrown everywhere
ITALY stars left the dressing room in terrible condition after their humiliating loss to North Macedonia.
The reigning European champions lost 1-0 to the Balkan minnows on Thursday’s World Cup qualifying semi-final playoff and were shockingly eliminated from Qatar 2022.
North Macedonia stunned Italy as they eliminated them from the 2022 World CupAP
Italy trashed their locker room after losing to North MacedoniaAlamy
Aleksandar Trajkovski’s winner in the second minute of stoppage time stunned the Azzurri at the Renzo Barbera and frustrations boiled over after the referee’s final whistle.
Roberto Mancini’s men were in such a foul mood they took their anger out on the dressing room in Palermo.
Corriere dello Sport shared a damning video showing the locker room in an absolute state.
Empty plastic bottles and other type of trash were lying around everywhere.
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There was also plenty of food left on the floor by the Euro 2020 winners as the Italian publication described the state of it as a “real shame” and “utter disrespect”.
This is not the first time Italy leave a locker room behind in ruins as they did the same at Wembley after beating England in the final.
Of course, the atmosphere was completely different in London as the Italians celebrated their hearts out backstage.
A party broke out and there were beer cans, as well as wine and champagne bottles lying everywhere.
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Socks, boxer shorts, flip-flops and towels were also left on the floor as things turned chaotic.
Italy defeated the Three Lions on penalties after a 1-1 draw when Gianluigi Donnarumma saved Bukayo Saka’s critical spot-kick.