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🇮🇹👉 The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) announced that Inter defender Francesco Acerbi left the Italian National Team Camp. Acerbi met with Head Coach Luciano Spalletti and teammates to explain his version of what happened during last night’s game against Napoli on Sunday 17 March 2024 (Serie A Week 29).
Acerbi who arrived at the camp in Rome this morning (Monday 18 March), explained to Coach Spalletti and his teammates his version of the alleged racist expression reported by Juan Jesus during Inter vs. Napoli last night, as required by the internal policy of Club Italia. Consequently, Roma defender Gianluca Mancini, who was already part of a reserved squad list, has been called up.
From the Nerazzurri defender’s report, in waiting for what happened to be reconstructed in compliance with the autonomy of sporting justice, it emerged that there was no defamatory, denigrating or racist intent on his part. However, it was agreed that Acerbi should be left out of the squad for the next two friendlies scheduled in the United States to let things settle for the national team and the player will return to his club today.
- At 16:00 CET (entry for accredited media from 15:30 CET), the national team will have their first training session at the CPO Giulio Onesti in Acqua Acetosa, where coach Luciano Spalletti will also hold a press conference at 17:45 CET.
- Departure for the United States is set for tomorrow at 10:20 CET, with arrival in Miami scheduled for 17:05 local time.
Italy has called up 28 players for the international friendly games against Venezuela and Ecuador.
- On Thursday 21 March, Italy will play against Venezuela (22:00 CET Italian time, 5:00 PM local time – live on Rai 1) at the DRV PNK Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, home of Inter Miami.
- On Sunday 24 March, Italy will play against Ecuador (21:00 CET Italian time, 4:00 PM local time – live on Rai 1) at the Red Bull Arena, in the New York area, in Harrison, New Jersey.
🏆👉 Italy SQUAD LIST
Goalkeepers: Marco Carnesecchi (Atalanta), Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint Germain), Alex Meret (Napoli), Guglielmo Vicario (Tottenham);
Defenders: Gianluca Mancia (Roma), Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Raoul Bellanova (Torino), Alessandro Buongiorno (Torino), Andrea Cambiaso (Juventus), Matteo Darmian (Inter), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Federico Dimarco (Inter), Giorgio Scalvini (Atalanta), Destiny Udogie (Tottenham);
Midfielders: Nicolò Barella (Inter), Giacomo Bonaventura (Fiorentina), Michael Folorunsho (Verona), Davide Frattesi (Inter), Jorginho (Arsenal), Manuel Locatelli (Juventus), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma);
Forwards: Federico Chiesa (Juventus), Lorenzo Lucca (Udinese), Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli), Mateo Retegui (Genoa), Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio), Nicolò Zaniolo (Aston Villa).
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Francesco Acerbi has left the #Azzurri camp, with Gianluca Mancini being called up in his place.#VivoAzzurro pic.twitter.com/tRTyoGIXN0
— Italy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@Azzurri_En) March 18, 2024