This Thursday afternoon Italy will play for its place in the World Cup. At the Bergamo field, the Italians will host Northern Ireland in an attempt to secure a place in the playoff final for a place in the World Cup.
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This exercise has given the Italians very little success in recent editions, since the team has not played in a World Cup since 2014.
12 years may seem like a long time. To give you an idea, the last time Italy played in a World Cup…
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Lamine Yamal was six years old.
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The last Marvel Cinematic Universe film was Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
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Star Wars had only six movies.
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Leo Messi had only won four Ballon d’Ors.
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PSG only had four French league titles. The most successful club in the top flight was still ASSE.
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Zinédine Zidane had never coached a professional team.
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Gareth Bale was the most expensive player on the planet with his transfer of 100 million euros. Today it ranks 18th.
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James Milner had just played his fifteenth season in the Premier League.
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Arsène Wenger was still manager of Arsenal and Pep Guardiola was in charge of Bayern Munich.
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Nobody knew the word “comeback.”
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The PlayStation 4 had been on the market for a year and Fortnite did not exist.
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.