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The Lazio defender was not supposed to play Bosnia. Instead, Mancini had thought of the Juventus center-back, then ended up on the bench due to a roster error. An error, the one made by the Federation, which could not be corrected by regulation: “We were afraid that we could get hurt and we waited a moment,” explains the coach.
Owner yes, but “by mistake”. That’s what happened to Francesco Acerbi, that against him Bosnia took the 1 ‘field next to Bonucci. The center of Lazio, however, had to start from the bank. Or at least that was the intention of Mancini, but then he was forced to line him up in the Azzurri’s first game in League of Nations. All the blame for the bill that turned out to be wrong. In fact, at first the coach wanted to play Chiellini, but had to adapt: the regulation states that you can change the document before the start only in case of accident. Thus, Acerbi achieved his seventh appearance in his career with the national team. Mancini at the end of the game he explained what had happened: “My fault, I misread the bill with Acerbi in training, I had no glasses, but nothing changed, he and Chiellini would still have played a game each, I had spoken with Giorgio and he had given me the availability to play … “.
Head to Holland
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Acerbi, fresh from a great season with Lazio (45 games, 36 of 37 as a starter in the league), had not taken the field with the Azzurri since 15 November, in the match played and beaten 3-0 in Bosnia. It was a valid race to qualify for the European Championships, now the class of 1988 will be the protagonist in the Nations League. It had to be in Amsterdam, with Holland (start Monday, September 7), why Mancini wanted to align him in the most important game of the group. In the end, however, Acerbi, who did not know until 19:40 that he would already be on the pitch at the Franchi, has advanced. Another curiosity: Mancini, during the shot, had rehearsed the situations on the inactive ball with the Bonucci-Chiellini couple, who should have been the owner. The Lazio defender had worked in the gym.
