Italy Fails to Qualify for the World Cup, and a Nation Mourns For the soccer-crazed country, it was perhaps the lowest point in 60 years — a humiliation, wrapped in a tragedy, enveloped in an apocalypse. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:South Korea Rules Anti-Abortion Law UnconstitutionalUnder Modi, a Hindu Nationalist Surge Has Further Divided IndiaChina Dispatch: For Chinese Raised in Prosperity, Shrugs in the Face of LayoffsSudan’s Military to Make Announcement Amid Protests Against Omar Hassan al-BashirGeoffrey Rush Wins Defamation Case Against Australian Newspaper PublisherYour Thursday Briefing