1.0Versii.Nethttps://versii.net/en/Redactorhttps://versii.net/en/author/username/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="mQuwYRyNzL"><a href="https://versii.net/en/sport-en/2026/66990/">The tale of the “blue and yellow” and Italy’s fiasco: who advanced to the 2026 World Cup through the European playoffs (video)</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://versii.net/en/sport-en/2026/66990/embed/#?secret=mQuwYRyNzL" width="600" height="338" title="“The tale of the “blue and yellow” and Italy’s fiasco: who advanced to the 2026 World Cup through the European playoffs (video)” — Versii.Net" data-secret="mQuwYRyNzL" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://versii.net/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://versii.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/1eccac098410-768x484.jpg600378The last four spots from Europe were contested in fierce battles. On March 31, the final matches of the playoff for the 2026 World Cup European qualifiers took place. Two series of penalties were needed to determine the finalists.