Italy lost, they decided not to qualify for this World Cup, and this is the second consecutive time that the Italian national team has missed the World Cup. However, Italy's exit will not come as a surprise, after all, in the past three decades, there have been many such things, and Italy, the Netherlands and Portugal have all missed the World Cup twice. Of course, France and other national team giants also have the experience of missing the World Cup, so Xiaobian will take stock of the national team giants who have not been involved in the World Cup in the past thirty years, and see who is the most unfortunate.
The 1994 World Cup in the United States can be said to be unpopular, and this World Cup, France, England and Portugal did not qualify for the World Cup finals. You know, at that time, the French national team had many stars such as Deschamps, Cantona, Desailly, Papan, etc., and the team started with a flat river, ranking first in the first eight games of 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. In the last two games, France was able to qualify by drawing 1 game, and as a result, they lost at home to Israel and Bulgaria, and were eventually eliminated. England had many stars such as Shearer, Heyman, Ince, Adams and many other stars at that time, and as a result, the team lost to the Netherlands in a life-and-death battle and was eventually eliminated. Portugal, on the other hand, did not emerge because it was parted with the powerful Italy.
In the 1998 World Cup, Portugal was already very strong, Figo, Pauleta, Rui Costa, Gomez, etc., these players were among the top stars in football at that time, but even so, they did not qualify for the World Cup. The Netherlands in the 2002 World Cup is really a pity, when this Netherlands can be said to be full of superstars, there are Van Nistelroy, Mackay, Haba, Kluivert in the front, Davis, Van Bronckhorst, Overmars, Stam in the back line and other people, almost all of them are football superstars, unfortunately, such a lineup ultimately failed to qualify for the World Cup.
Finally, there is the 18-year World Cup, the 18-year World Cup Netherlands and Italy did not qualify for the World Cup finals, and this year's World Cup Italy also determined that they did not qualify for the World Cup finals. The remaining Portugal have not been confirmed to enter the World Cup. And these teams are all giants of the national team, they are all strong teams in football, and it is regrettable that the World Cup lacks any of their teams. I just don't know which of the biggest national teams that have missed the World Cup in the past 30 years is the most regrettable?