Everyone will have their opinion on whether Maradona or Pele is the greatest player to have graced the World Cup, but now, ...

In retaining the trophy, Italy had become accustomed to World Cup success. But, strangely, they wouldn’t appear in another World Cup knockout game for 32 years, until their run to the final in 1970.

Two decades after their most recent win in 2006, Italy hopes to break their streak of bad luck and finally qualify for the FIFA World Cup again. They failed to do so in Russia in 2018 and Qatar in ...