Jorginho reacts as Italy loses unexpectedly to North Macedonia

Chelsea midfielder Jorginho reacted to Italy’s disqualification from the 2022 World after his two penalty misses ended their run.

Jorginho, in a post-match statement, said the match would ‘haunt me for the rest of my life.’

The Blues midfielder lost one spot-kick to Yann Sommer, then fired another off-target in stoppages during the game against Switzerland at the group stage.

Following their previous results, Italy were paired against North Macedonia, and the outcome was a surprising one, with the game ending in a 1-0 defeat for the home side.

“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.”

“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.”