Francesco Acerbi He starred in a very tense moment after training Inter from Milan In Seattle, where the Italians prepare their second game ofClub World Cup. The 37 -year -old veteran angered and much when a PSG fan wanted to make fun of his team after the defeat in the Final Past Champions Leaguereminding him of that painful 5-0 that still briefs within the Italian team.
The incident took place just when Acerbi was about to greet several followers Nerazzurri. At that time, a young man with the PSG shirt shouted: “Acerbi-Barcola”, in reference to an action of the party in which the French striker left behind the Italian defender with a dribble inside the area. I could have made deaf ears, but it wasn't. Without screaming or losing the shapes, Acerbi entered the rag. He asked to translate the fan and then replied: «I am a serious person. I don't like that I disrespect. If when I go out of training you tell me 'Acerbi-Barla', it doesn't make me funny. I go crazy and beat you.
The Inter tied in its debut (1-1) against Rayados de Monterrey is obliged to win Japanese Urawa Diamonds on Saturday to advance to the eighth in a club World Cup that is being quite strange in terms of results and sensations, marked by heat and the low influx of public in some stadiums.
Acerbi's story
Acerbi, who was key to eliminating Barcelona in the Champions League semifinals with a goal, has a curious story behind him. Born in Vizzolo Predabissi in 1988, Francesco Acerbi He began his professional career in the modest Pavia before passing teams such as Reggina, Chievo y Milan. Just in your stage as Rossonerihis life crumbled. Four months before his signing for Milan, his father died, an emotional blow that plunged him into a deep depression. The pain led him to alcoholism Already a self -destructive behavior that ended up seriously affecting its performance and mental health.
«Achispido arrived to training. I did not respect my work or those who paid me. Alcohol was a way to escape a reality that he didn't want to accept, ”he confessed in an interview with The last man. No motivation, without discipline, Acerbi He barely played ten games with Milan and his career seemed to play background.
In 2013, after being transferred to Sassuolofate took an unexpected turn. In a routine medical review, doctors detected a cancer testicular. He was operated urgently, he returned to the fields weeks later … but fell. The disease returned more strongly and moved it away from a year from professional football. That was when he touched background and, paradoxically, he found the strength to change. «Cancer was my luck. I thank God for having it, ”he admitted years later. The chemotherapy process, hair loss, nausea and physical weakness confronted it with them: a year after my illness I woke up with a panic attack. I realized the damage I was doing. I started going to a specialist and, little by little, I rebuilt my life ».
In 2018 he arrived at selection Italianand in 2021 he lifted the Eurocup with the Blue. Already as a player of Inter from Milan, Acerbi conquered one Serie Aa Coppa and two Super Cupsin addition to disputing the final of the Champions League in 2023 and this year 2025.
