Italy coach Gennaro Gattuso has forward of the World Cup play-off in March 2026; listed below are the matches that may very well be rescheduled for the nationwide staff.
Italy will meet Northern Eire within the World Cup play-off semifinal on March 26, 2026, and Gattuso is worried about having restricted time to organize for the match.
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The aren’t any extra worldwide breaks till March 2026, so Gattuso has recommended shifting the Serie A fixtures initially scheduled for the weekend earlier than the play-off to provide the staff extra time to organize for the Northern Eire recreation.
Serie A video games that is likely to be rescheduled for Italy
epa11916402 Torino’s Cesare Casadei and Milan’s Rafael Leao (R) in motion throughout the Italian Serie A soccer match between Torino FC and AC Milan, in Turin, Italy, 22 February 2025. EPA-EFE/ALESSANDRO DI MARCO
Serie A Spherical 30 is on the weekend of March 21 and 22, just some days earlier than the play-off semifinal. Precise dates and kick-off instances haven’t but been confirmed as a result of it’s nonetheless unclear which groups will nonetheless be concerned in European competitions at that time. The Serie A fixtures scheduled for that weekend are:
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Juventus-Sassuolo
Parma-Cremonese
Cagliari-Napoli
Atalanta-Verona
Genoa-Udinese
Roma-Lecce
Bologna-Lazio
Fiorentina-Inter
Milan-Torino
Como-Pisa
Serie A break after European video games in March?
MILAN, ITALY – MARCH 11: The UEFA Champions League trophy is cleaned as it’s displayed on a plinth along with the pitch previous to the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Spherical of 16 Second Leg match between FC Internazionale Milano and Feyenoord at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on March 11, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Picture by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photographs)
European matches are scheduled to be performed that very same week, and naturally, Champions League, Europa League, and Convention League video games received’t be moved.
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The second legs of the Spherical of 16 will happen on March 17 and 18 within the Champions League and on March 19 in each the Europa League and Convention League.
Gattuso hopes Serie A fixtures coming after these European video games will likely be moved, but it surely stays to be seen whether or not Lega Serie A will discover a window to reschedule the postponed matches.