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Guglielmo Vicario caught up in Italy video storm ahead of World Cup play-off against Bosnia
The Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper was caught on camera with Italian players and staff appearing to celebrate as they found out their World Cup qualifying play-off opponents
CommentsSpursAlasdair Gold Tottenham Hotspur correspondent15:46, 27 Mar 2026
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The Spurs stopper is currently out injured after undergoing hernia surgery on Monday which will keep him out for the next three to four weeks. The Italy international went to visit his compatriots and watch them overcome Northern Ireland 2-0 in their World Cup qualifying play-off semi-final in Bergamo on Thursday night.
After the game, cameras from the Italian television channel Rai caught footage of Vicario and Italy players and staff appearing to be watching the penalty shoot-out between Wales and Bosnia & Herzegovina on the Spurs man's phone inside a box in the stadium. When what was presumably Kerim Alajbegovic scoring the winning penalty happened, Vicario and the staff cheered with the goalkeeper pumping his fist as did Italy left-back Federico Dimarco.
Bosnia will now host Italy on Tuesday night for a spot at this summer's World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico and the clip caused a storm both in Italy and with Bosnian football fans as it seemed Italy were happier with their opponents for the play-off final than a trip to Wales.
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Italian journalist Guillaume Pacini posted on X (formerly known as Twitter) of the clip: "The video making waves in Italy this Friday. With two camps: those who think Rai shouldn't have aired its footage, and those who are going after the players who celebrated the Bosnian team's final penalty kick. The boomerang effect of this video is immeasurable."
One Bosnian social media account, Bosnian Football, posted the footage to thousands of likes and said: "Look at this disrespect and arrogance by Italy. They were already celebrating after we won penalties. We will take this to account in Zenica!"
Whether the Italy players were even watching what everyone thought they were is unclear but it has certainly got people in the affected countries fired up ahead of Tuesday night's big decider.
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