Italy should not get a FIFA World Cup do-over, according to its own sports minister, Andrea Abodi. “A second chance for Italy at the World Cup? That’s not appropriate; you have to qualify on the pitch,” Abodi said Thursday, commenting on reports that U.S. special envoy Paolo Zampolli had asked FIFA to replace Iran with Italy at this summer’s football tournament in North America. Iran’s embassy in Rome chimed in on X , arguing that “football belongs to the people, not to politicians” and

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