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Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>The Italian Football Federation announced on Monday that defender Francesco Acerbi was excluded from the Italian National Football Team Squad after he was hit with racism allegations.<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old Inter Milan defender was excluded from the squad list of upcoming friendlies against Venezuela and Ecuador after his alleged racist expressions during Sunday’s Inter-Napoli Serie A clash as reported by Napoli defender Juan Jesus.<\/p>\n

Acerbi has denied the allegations<\/p>\n

For the time being, Italian national team authorities decided to call up Roma defender Gianluca Mancini instead.<\/p>\n

Francesco Acerbi helped Italy clinch the EURO 2020.<\/p>\n

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