National team, Francesco Acerbi sent home by Luciano Spalletti
Francesco Acerbi, the statement
The Italian Football Federation issued the following statement regarding Francesco Acerbi. "Arrived this morning in the national team’s retreat in Rome, he explained to coach Luciano Spalletti and teammates, as required by the internal policy of Club Italia, his version of the alleged racist expression reported by the player Juan Jesus during the Inter-Napoli"
"From the account of the Nerazzurri defender, pending the reconstruction of what happened in respect of the’autonomy of sports justice, è emerged that there è was no defamatory, disparaging or racist intent on his part. It è however, agreed to exclude Acerbi from the list of summoned players for the next two friendly matches scheduled in the United States, in order to guarantee the necessary serenity to the national team and to the player himself, who will today return to the club to which he belongs. As a result, è Roma defender Gianluca Mancini, who was already part of the preconvened" list, we read again.
The’LIST OF CONVOCATED
Goalkeepers: Marco Carnesecchi (Atalanta), Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint Germain), Alex Meret (Napoli), Guglielmo Vicario (Tottenham);
Defenders: Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Raoul Bellanova (Torino), Alessandro Buongiorno (Torino), Andrea Cambiaso (Juventus), Matteo Darmian (Inter), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Federico Dimarco (Inter), Gianluca Mancini (Roma), Giorgio Scalvini (Atalanta), Destiny Udogie (Tottenham);
Central midfielders: Nicolò Barella (Inter), Giacomo Bonaventura (Fiorentina), Michael Folorunsho (Verona) Davide Frattesi (Inter), Jorginho (Arsenal), Manuel Locatelli (Juventus), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma);
Forwarders: Federico Chiesa (Juventus), Lorenzo Lucca (Udinese), Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli), Mateo Retegui (Genoa), Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio), Nicolò Zaniolo (Aston Villa).
