{"id":31994,"date":"2025-06-11T14:24:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T13:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=31994"},"modified":"2025-07-06T03:46:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T02:46:53","slug":"inters-acerbi-pulls-out-of-italys-world-cup-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/inters-acerbi-pulls-out-of-italys-world-cup-qualifiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Inter&#8217;s Acerbi pulls out of Italy&#8217;s World Cup qualifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Coach Luciano Spalletti said that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.co.uk\/player\/acerbi-francesco\/SrhnSpzL\/\">Acerbi<\/a> &#8220;had decided not to respond positively to his call up&#8221; for Italy&#8217;s opening matches in Group I against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.co.uk\/match\/OA9Bk4k4\/#\/match-summary\/\">Norway<\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.co.uk\/match\/pQcKmrKG\/#\/match-summary\/\">Moldova<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s not got a physical problem, he&#8217;s just thought about everything he&#8217;s gone through recently,&#8221; added Spalletti, who has not as yet called up a replacement.<br>\n<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Acerbi started at centre-back for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.co.uk\/team\/inter\/Iw7eKK25\/\">Inter<\/a> on Saturday in a humiliating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.co.uk\/match\/6LTndcTP\/#\/match-summary\/\">5-0 thumping by PSG<\/a>, the biggest ever defeat suffered in a Champions League final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Napoli centre-back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.co.uk\/player\/buongiorno-alessandro\/UDMnkfdo\/\">Alessandro Buongiorno<\/a> has failed to recover from a thigh injury and has been replaced by Fiorentina&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.co.uk\/player\/ranieri-luca\/boIt2f70\/\">Luca Ranieri<\/a> who has never played for the senior national team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spalletti has a 26-man squad for the first two matches of the qualifying campaign, which begins in Oslo against Erling Haaland&#8217;s Norway on Friday.<br>\n<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Italy, who failed to qualify for the last two World Cups, then host Moldova three says later in Reggio Emilia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Norway lead Group I after winning their two opening matches against Israel and Moldova in March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coach Luciano Spalletti said that Acerbi &#8220;had decided not to respond positively to his call up&#8221; for Italy&#8217;s opening matches in Group I against Norwayand Moldova. &#8220;He&#8217;s not got a physical problem, he&#8217;s just thought about everything he&#8217;s gone through recently,&#8221; added Spalletti, who has not as yet called up a replacement. 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