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Four-time world champions Italy have failed to qualify for the football World Cup for the first time in 60 years after drawing 0-0 against Sweden in Milan. A solid Sweden side held firm at the San Siro stadium on Monday night to qualify for next summer's tournament in Russia with a 1-0 aggregate win in a hard-fought play-off.
Italy, a football-crazy country, has taken part in every World Cup since failing to qualify for the sport's most prestigious event in 1958. The last major competitions it missed were the 1984 and 1992 European Championships. Advertisement Having successfully defended Jakob Johansson's winner from the home leg in Stockholm, Sweden are now set to take part in their 12th World Cup. Unsuprusingly, Monday night's match became the top trending topic on Twitter in Italy, with thousands of fans expressing their shock and sadness at the Azzurri's failure. This is the end #ItaliaSvezia 11:05 PM - Nov 13, 2017 1 Luciano Vecchio @luciolimbajop How every Italian feels right now #italyvsweden #ItaliaSvezia 10:58 PM - Nov 13, 2017 6 9 Dalia @officiallydalia Apocalypse Now. #dolore #ItaliaSvezia 10:43 PM - Nov 13, 2017 48 84 571 Pierluigi Pardo @PIERPARDO With tears in his eyes, Italian goalkeeper and captain Gianluigi Buffon announced his retirement from international football after the match. End of an era. #ItaliaSvezia #ITASWE #ForzaAzzurri #TrapaDrive 11:07 PM - Nov 13, 2017 16 18 @AL99JR End of the era #Buffon #Legend 11:21 PM - Nov 13, 2017 1 1 1 gönç @taskesengnc I lost my hope in football tonight.. We lost the CL Final....... We wont go to the WC.... Buffon retires................... Shocked. Crying. Shocked. #ItalySweden #ItaliaSvezia 11:14 PM - Nov 13, 2017

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