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Italy's three main sports newspapers were united in their assessment of the country's shock World Cup elimination by North Macedonia on Thursday - 'Disastro'.

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A historic home that houses all the personal treasures of Antoni Gaudi. You won't see them anywhere else.

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And, at newsagents around the country, the situation had not changed much by Friday morning, with the respective headlines reading 'Out of the world', 'To hell' and, more simply, 'Nooooooooo'.

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It is truly a sporting disaster for Italy, who miss out on successive World Cups for the first time, having also failed to qualify for Russia 2018.

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That was certainly a terrible night, one on which World Cup-winning heroes from Germany 2006 Gianluigi Buffon and Daniele de Rossi said farewell to international football in unhappy fashion.

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But that was also the moment in which a supposed process of innovation started - Roberto Mancini was appointed manager shortly afterwards and a new attacking mentality was implemented.

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Three fantastic years followed, culminating in Italy being crowned European champions at Wembley last July. No-one has forgotten that.

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