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The nation that ended European champions Italy World Cup dream- who are North Macedonians?

March 24, 2022 Italy's Jorginho in action with North Macedonia's Boban Nikolov REUTERS

History was made on Thursday night when North Macedonia beat all odds to knock out European champions Italy out of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.

 Aleksandar Trajkovski’s late goal sealed a famous 1-0 play-off victory over Euro 2020 winners Italy.

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