Twenty -seven blue to find the World Cup, and Francesco Acerbi returns: Italy will begin from the highest obstacle to the journey of Italy towards the 2026 World Cup. On Friday 6 June the home match in Norway is already a sort of “play -off” against the only opponent for the airplace next year towards America. Erling Haaland exceeded the injury that doubted his presence in Oslo, his national team won the first two games and travels with full score with nine goals made against 2 conceded: Spalletti’s Italy cannot in short afford false steps.
Even with the presence of the City center forward, the return to the national team of Francesco Acerbi, 37 years old protagonist of the brilliant Champions League season ter and above all an expert scorer, who has already ventured with the company to stop the most dangerous Norwegian player. At the last blue appointment, Spalletti rejected the question on Acerbi (“but do you know how old he has? ..”, he replied to those who asked after Germany if he was not repentant that they had not called him): the realism of the CT and the performance of the Interista have evidently determined the choice.
It is also a return that of Orsolini, among the most fit players of the championship, and Zappacosta, given the importance of the bands. The first call for the young Verona defender, Diego Coppola, removed from the Under 21 (in his place Bonfanti, of Pisa). For the rest, Spalletti confides on the good moment of his attackers, stagusts and above all Kean, on the magical moment of Donnarumma, on the competitive “tension” of the Interists Barella, Dimarco and Bastoni. Appointment on Saturday in Coverciano, where the whole group will follow the Champions League and Monaco final cheering Inter against the Paris Saint Germain by Gigio Donnarumma in the evening, then on Monday the five players engaged in the Monaco match will join on Monday. Spalletti’s first conference on Sunday, training until Thursday morning with Departure for Oslo in the early afternoon. On June 9 second game, in Reggio Emilia against Moldova.