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Italy's possible re-qualification for the 2026 World Cup ... is firstly not possible, and secondly, not appropriate. I don't know what comes first.-- Italian sports minister Andrea Abodi, on the suggestion from a Trump envoy that Italy should replace Iran at the World Cup this summer.