{"id":555286,"date":"2026-03-23T12:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T12:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/555286\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T12:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T12:42:11","slug":"figc-explains-chiesa-omission-from-italy-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/555286\/","title":{"rendered":"FIGC explains Chiesa omission from Italy squad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>              <a class=\"mg-blog-thumb\" href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/official-figc-chiesa-omission-italy-squad\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/psv-eindhoven-v-liverpool-fc-uef.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-863660 has-webp\" alt=\"Federico Chiesa of Liverpool is seen during the UEFA Champions League 2024\/25 League Phase MD8 match between PSV Eindhoven and Liverpool FC at PSV Stadion on January 29, 2025 in Eindhoven, Netherlands. (Photo by Lars Baron\/Getty Images)\"   fetchpriority=\"high\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1200\/800;max-width:1200px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Federico Chiesa of Liverpool is seen during the UEFA Champions League 2024\/25 League Phase MD8 match between PSV Eindhoven and Liverpool FC at PSV Stadion on January 29, 2025 in Eindhoven, Netherlands. (Photo by Lars Baron\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><\/a>              &#13;<\/p>\n<p>The FIGC explains that Federico Chiesa \u2018has been deemed unavailable for the next two matches\u2019 following an assessment of his physical condition, so the 28-year-old has <a href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/liverpool-chiesa-pulls-out-italy-replacement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">already returned to Liverpool.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chiesa left Italy\u2019s training centre Coverciano on Monday to return to Liverpool and won\u2019t be available for the World Cup play-off this week.<\/p>\n<p>Official: Why Chiesa pulled out of Italy squad for 2026 World Cup play-off<\/p>\n<p>The Italian FA explained Gennaro Gattuso\u2019s decision with an official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.figc.it\/it\/nazionali\/news\/al-via-il-raduno-a-coverciano-out-chiesa-gattuso-convoca-cambiaghi-o8z48c6e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">statement<\/a> on Monday morning: \u201cFederico Chiesa, after his physical condition was assessed upon arrival at the federal technical centre, has been deemed unavailable for the next two matches and, in agreement with his club, has left the national team training camp.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The FIGC confirmed that Bologna\u2019s Nicol\u00f2 Cambiaghi was included in the Azzurri squad to replace Chiesa.<\/p>\n<p>The Liverpool winger had not featured for the Italy national team since the 2024 Euros and had previously rejected the chance to play for the Azzurri under Gattuso.<\/p>\n<p>A Euro 2020 winner, Chiesa has scored seven goals in 51 appearances with the Italy national team.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/liverpool-v-southampton-carabao-cup-third-round-1.jpg\" class=\"lazyload lazyload wp-image-917659 has-webp size-medium\" alt=\"LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 23: Federico Chiesa of Liverpool during the Carabao Cup Third Round match between Liverpool and Southampton at Anfield on September 23, 2025 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Jan Kruger\/Getty Images)\"  data- style=\"aspect-ratio:1200\/800;max-width:1200px\"\/>LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND \u2013 SEPTEMBER 23: Federico Chiesa of Liverpool during the Carabao Cup Third Round match between Liverpool and Southampton at Anfield on September 23, 2025 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Jan Kruger\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>He has made 32 appearances across all competitions with Liverpool this season, scoring three goals and providing three assists, but has only played 673 minutes with the Reds in 2025-26.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Nicolo-Cambiaghi-Sebastian-Walukiewicz.jpg\" class=\"lazyload lazyload wp-image-947019 size-medium\" alt=\"SASSUOLO, ITALY - MARCH 15: Nicol\u00f2 Cambiaghi of Bologna FC competes for the ball with Sebastian Walukiewicz of US Sassuolo during the Serie A match between US Sassuolo Calcio and Bologna FC 1909 at Mapei Stadium Citta del Tricolore on March 15, 2026 in Sassuolo, Italy. (Photo by Emmanuele Ciancaglini\/Getty Images)\"  data- style=\"aspect-ratio:1200\/800;max-width:1200px\"\/>SASSUOLO, ITALY \u2013 MARCH 15: Nicol\u00f2 Cambiaghi of Bologna FC competes for the ball with Sebastian Walukiewicz of US Sassuolo during the Serie A match between US Sassuolo Calcio and Bologna FC 1909 at Mapei Stadium Citta del Tricolore on March 15, 2026 in Sassuolo, Italy. (Photo by Emmanuele Ciancaglini\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Cambiaghi, 25, has only played once for the Azzurri but has four goals and six assists in 37 Bologna games this term.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old has played over 2,000 minutes with the Rossoblu in 2025-26.<\/p>\n<p>                                &#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tPost navigation&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Federico Chiesa of Liverpool is seen during the UEFA Champions League 2024\/25 League Phase MD8 match between PSV&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":555287,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-555286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/555287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}