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CREMONA, ITALY – OCTOBER 14: Coach Silvio Baldini of Italy reacts during the UEFA Euro U21 Qualification match between Italy and Armenia at Stadio Giovanni Zini on October 14, 2025 in Cremona, Italy. (Photo by Marco M. Mantovani/Getty Images)
The show must go on for the Italian national team despite missing the World Cup. Giancarlo Rinaldi looks at what good – if any – can come out of their upcoming friendlies.
They are the games that Italy imagined taking on in very different circumstances. Instead of warming up for the world’s biggest festival of football, they are matches of little or no consequence whatsoever. Nonetheless, interim Azzurri coach Silvio Baldini has been charged with delivering something that has been in very short supply of late – hope.
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