Italy

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Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri is open to moving Serie A fixtures before Italy’s World Cup play-off to help the national team, as he sees a ‘great chance’ to reach the 2026 World Cup. https://t.co/6ijvT2L0Gw

Italy Delegation Chief Gianluigi Buffon insists the Azzurri are ‘waiting’ for Federico Chiesa but warns that only ‘the group matters’ ahead of the World Cup play-off. https://t.co/Ia5vlanwWu

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Gianluigi Donnarumma reveals Italy teammate Sandro Tonali’s pledge ahead of Newcastle vs. Manchester City. ‘I know he’d celebrate right in front of me if he scores, but he won’t manage.’

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Italy have reached the Under-17 World Cup semi-final for the first time in 38 years and will face Austria after eliminating Burkina Faso 1-0.

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Atalanta and Italy defender Giorgio Scalvini’s injury nightmare continues, as a fresh muscular problem has postponed his return to the field yet again.

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Italy coach Gennaro Gattuso hopes Serie A games scheduled for the weekend before the World Cup play-offs will be moved to give the Azzurri more time to prepare for a semifinal against Northern Ireland. https://t.co/ZIucjQA8Mq

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Alessandro Bastoni says Italian football must learn to “accept defeat” like the NBA, adding that in Italy “a loss feels like the end of the world,” while reflecting on Inter’s Champions League final: “PSG were going at twice our speed.” https://t.co/Y7REysghAL

Inter president Giuseppe Marotta hails Francesco Pio Esposito as “a predestined talent” and a model for the Nerazzurri academy, saying the teenager can represent “not only Inter, but all of Italian football.” https://t.co/oIjiXX0YoI

Italy will be preparing for the World Cup play-off semi-final against Northern Ireland with two major dilemmas, even if Gennaro Gattuso has reiterated that his priority will be to work on the team’s mindset.

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De Rossi says the gap between Europe’s top nations has “narrowed”, but insists Italy are “in safe hands” with Gattuso, Buffon and Bonucci guiding the Azzurri through their World Cup playoff path. https://t.co/fWN5JCkxJ7

Northern Ireland head coach Michael O’Neill admits that drawing Italy in the World Cup play-off semi-final is ‘as tough as we can get’, but has urged his players to ‘believe we can go there and get an amazing result’. https://t.co/oIOYi9xlWW

Italy have been drawn against Northern Ireland in the World Cup play-off semi-finals. Here's what to expect from the Green and White Army when they visit the Azzurri in March. https://t.co/xm36YM1UsU

Italy coach Gennaro Gattuso warns that Northern Ireland are a team that ‘never gives up’ but insists the Azzurri are still ‘fragile’ and Federico Chiesa has ‘a problem.’ https://t.co/CJrmee7k4r

Italy have been drawn against Northern Ireland in the World Cup play-off semi-final in March. The winner will go on to face either Wales or Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Italy will meet Northern Ireland in the World Cup play-off semifinal.

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Italy Delegation Chief Gianluigi Buffon insists the Azzurri played on par against Norway, ‘one of the top five or six teams in the world’, but would happily avoid Sweden in the play-off semis and Poland in the Final. https://t.co/OtPPxpj9PQ

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According to reports in Italy, Newcastle United and Sunderland are both hoping to tempt Lazio midfielder Matteo Guendouzi back to the Premier League in January.

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After Roma’s Matias Soulé, now Bologna striker Santiago Gimenez has also publicly rejected the idea of playing for Italy. ‘I cannot and I don’t want to.’

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Italy fall to 12th in the latest FIFA world ranking, their lowest position since 2020, after the 4-1 defeat to Norway at San Siro.

This is not expected to have any impact on Italy's seeding as a play-off winner in December's World Cup group stage draw. https://t.co/RCLbjdkW5K

It is now official that Italy have plunged to 12th place in the FIFA World Ranking, their worst position since 2020, and could affect their status in the 2026 World Cup draw too.

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