Italy's longest unbeaten run in international competition has been snapped after Sunday's Football World Cup qualifier against Switzerland, in which Giorgio missed another penalty. Italy is undefeated in 36 games, breaking the earlier record of 35 unbeaten games shared by Spain and Brazil. The Brazilian record of 35 games was set between 1993 and 1996, while Spain equaled it in 2009.
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The score could have been even higher if Jorginho had converted the penalty in the 52nd minute after a foul on Domenico Berardi, but the Chelsea FC midfielder failed to beat goalkeeper Jan Sommer. Italy had more chances to win but had to settle for a draw, allowing them to continue in first place in Group C with 11 points from five games, four points clear of second-placed Switzerland, who still has two games in hand.
Defender Giorgio Chiellini told Rai Sport that we played a great game today, even better than the 3-0 win over Switzerland in June, but we just couldn't score. Roberto Mancini's side drew a disappointing 1-1 with Bulgaria on Thursday in their first game since winning the European Championship in July.
In the first half, though, the visitors were the better team in Basel and might have taken the lead thanks to good chances from Berardi and Lorenzo Insigne, both of whom failed to beat Sommer. The best chance of the evening came seven minutes into the second half when Ricardo Rodriguez bumped into Berardi to make up for the deficit, resulting in a penalty. For more details about Football World Cup Tickets.
Jorginho, who had missed a penalty against England in the Europa League final, stepped up but his attempt went too close to Sommer, who easily parried it. Sommer proved insurmountable, again denying Insigne the chance to send Italy out of qualifying with two straight defeats. Mancini said we had too many probabilities not to win this game.
A game like this should have been won 3-0. What is certain is that there will be some changes in the next game. There was some confusion over whether Italy had matched or broken its unbeaten run, as Brazil claimed its unbeaten run had now also grown to 36 games, with the South Americans counting the 2-2 draw against Romania B in September 1995 as their record. Since the match was against a reserve team and was not recognized by FIFA, it was not a Brazilian match.
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