Jorginho now reveals Italy penalty misses will haunt him for the rest of his life after Italy failed to qualify for the 2022 World Cup
Jorginho confesses that his two penalty misses would ‘haunt me for the rest of my life’ after Italy failed to qualify for the 2022 World Cup.
During the other must-win game against Switzerland in the group stage, the Chelsea midfielder saw one penalty saved by Yann Sommer and then shot another off target in stoppage time.
Italy finished second in the group, and they were beaten 1-0 at home by North Macedonia in the play-offs last night.
It is difficult to explain what happened,” Jorginho told RAI Sport through tears.
“It hurts so much. I’ll be honest, I am still incredulous. I don’t think we lacked creativity, as we always dominated matches and created so many chances. Unfortunately, we were unable to finish them off.
“We played good football, we won the European Championship last summer, but unfortunately in the last few games we made small errors and were unable to recover from them. They made the difference.”
Among those errors were two Jorginho penalties against Switzerland, and he is fully aware that the weight of this failure will fall on on his shoulders.
“It hurts when I think about it, because I do still think about it and it will haunt me for the rest of my life. Stepping up there twice and not being able to help your team and your country is something that I will carry with me forever, and it weighs on me.
“People say we need to lift our heads and carry on, but it’s tough.”
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Jorginho now reveals Italy penalty misses will haunt him for the rest of his life after Italy failed to qualify for the 2022 World Cup
