{"id":25809,"date":"2026-03-12T22:22:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T22:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/12\/italy-will-play-without-verratti-for-a-spot-in-the-world-cup-but-are-considering-bringing-back-jorginho\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T22:22:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T22:22:26","slug":"italy-will-play-without-verratti-for-a-spot-in-the-world-cup-but-are-considering-bringing-back-jorginho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/12\/italy-will-play-without-verratti-for-a-spot-in-the-world-cup-but-are-considering-bringing-back-jorginho\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy will play without Verratti for a spot in the World Cup, but are considering &#8216;bringing back&#8217; Jorginho!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ue-c-article--first-letter-highlighted\">&#8220;Desperate times call for desperate measures,&#8221; Gennaro Gattuso must have thought. The Italian manager is confident of having the best possible squad and is exploring all possibilities, with the Azzurri facing Northern Ireland in the play-offs and either Wales or Bosnia in the final.<\/p>\n<p>However, his plans were severely thwarted. Gattuso was thinking of &#8220;recovering&#8221; Marco Verratti. The 33-year-old Italy international has not played for Italy since June 18, 2023.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__summary\">\n<figure class=\"ue-c-article__media ue-c-article__media--video  video-dailymotion\"><figcaption class=\"ue-c-article__media-caption\" itemprop=\"description\">\n<p><span class=\"ue-c-article__media-description\">Neymar takes to Instagram to vent after criticism over Santos&#8217; absence<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>That would be impossible. The Al Duhail midfielder, who has played 55 games for Azura, has been injured. Verratti has suffered a torn meniscus and will need surgery within the next few hours.<\/p>\n<p>He thus joins Italy&#8217;s long list of absentees, including Di Lorenzo, Oudosier, Rovella, Leoni, Gabbia and Vergara.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why Gattuso reached out to another &#8220;old rocker&#8221; Jorginho. According to journalist Bruno Lemos, the Flamengo midfielder received a phone call from the manager on Saturday informing him that he had been included in the reserve squad.<\/p>\n<p>Like Verratti, 34-year-old Jorginho has also been left out of the Azzurra squad for some time. His last match for Italy was almost two years ago, on June 24, 2024, against Croatia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/en\/world-cup\/2026\/03\/12\/69b2bbf8268e3ef25a8b45b6.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Desperate times call for desperate measures,&#8221; Gennaro Gattuso must have thought. The Italian manager is confident of having the best possible squad and is exploring all possibilities, with the Azzurri facing Northern Ireland in the play-offs and either Wales or Bosnia in the final. However, his plans were severely thwarted. 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