Overview

• The Inter defender used the TV interview to discuss his autobiography and to recount drinking heavily to escape emotions before deciding to stop and twice considering quitting football.
• He detailed a testicular cancer diagnosis first found in 2013, surgery to remove a testicle, a recurrence, and chemotherapy from January 7 to March 14.
• On the national team, he said he refused only a call-up for the Norway match, criticized Luciano Spalletti for a year of silence, and added that if Gennaro Gattuso does not pick him it is not a problem.
• He reflected on the strict influence of his late father and described an emotional moment when a dream about him led to tears before a match.
• Acerbi highlighted renewed stability through family, noting his relationship with Claudia Scarpari, two daughters born in 2021 and 2023, and their 2025 marriage.