{"id":607858,"date":"2026-03-31T23:46:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T21:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sscnapoli.it\/politano-e-spinazzola-sconfitti-con-litalia\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T09:28:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T07:28:26","slug":"politano-e-spinazzola-sconfitti-con-litalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sscnapoli.it\/en\/politano-e-spinazzola-sconfitti-con-litalia\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy&#8217;s World Cup dream ends"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Matteo Politano and Leonardo Spinazzola both played in Italy\u2019s World Cup playoff match away against Bosnia Herzegovina, which the hosts won on penalties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Politano played in the first half while Spinazzola came on in the 91<sup>st<\/sup> minute of the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.sscnapoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GC1_3138-2-1-1024x518.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-607732\"\/ loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.sscnapoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GC1_3138-2-1-1024x518.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.sscnapoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GC1_3138-2-1-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.sscnapoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GC1_3138-2-1-768x388.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.sscnapoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GC1_3138-2-1-1536x777.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.sscnapoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GC1_3138-2-1-2048x1036.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.sscnapoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GC1_3138-2-1-1200x607.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.sscnapoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GC1_3138-2-1-800x404.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Alessandro Buongiorno and Alex Meret were both unused subs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.sscnapoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Z92_9648-2-1024x476.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-607741\"\/ loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.sscnapoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Z92_9648-2-1024x476.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.sscnapoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Z92_9648-2-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.sscnapoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Z92_9648-2-768x357.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.sscnapoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Z92_9648-2-1536x714.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.sscnapoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Z92_9648-2-2048x951.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.sscnapoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Z92_9648-2-1200x557.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.sscnapoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Z92_9648-2-800x371.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.sscnapoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260320-WA0090-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-605235\"\/ loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.sscnapoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260320-WA0090-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.sscnapoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260320-WA0090-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.sscnapoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260320-WA0090-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.sscnapoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260320-WA0090-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.sscnapoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260320-WA0090-1200x799.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.sscnapoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260320-WA0090-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.sscnapoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260320-WA0090.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matteo Politano and Leonardo Spinazzola both played in Italy\u2019s World Cup playoff match away against Bosnia Herzegovina, which the hosts won on penalties. 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