COVERCIANO (Florence). There is Joao Pedro, not Mario Balotelli, in the group of 33 Azzurri called up by Roberto Mancini for the World Cup playoffs. In the group there is also the Lazio defender Luiz Felipe, …
COVERCIANO (Florence). There is Joao Pedro, not Mario Balotelli, in the group of 33 Azzurri called up by Roberto Mancini for the World Cup playoffs. In the group there is also the Lazio defender Luiz Felipe, at the first official call as the Cagliari forward. Politano, Sensi and Gollini are back in blue. Locatelli, positive for Covid-19, will reach withdrawal at the end of the period of medical isolation. Also in the list Alessio Cragno and the two Sardinians Barella and Sirigu. The first game of the playoffs for the Qatar 2022 World Cup on March 24 in Palermo against North Macedonia, then in the event of a victory against the winner of Portugal and Turkey, on March 29, in Porto or Konya.
This is the list of the Azzurri called up. Goalkeepers: Cragno (Cagliari), Donnarumma (Psg), Gollini (Tottenham), SalSirigu (Genoa). Defenders: Acerbi (Lazio), Bastoni (Inter), Biraghi (Fiorentina), Bonucci (Juventus), Chiellini (Juventus), Di Lorenzo (Naples), Emerson Palmieri (Lyon), AlFlorenzi (Milan), Luiz Felipe (Lazio), Mancini ( Rome). Midfielders: Barella (Inter), Cristante (Rome), Jorginho (Chelsea), Locatelli (Juventus), Pellegrini (Rome), Pessina (Atalanta), SSensi (Sampdoria), Tonali (Milan), Verratti (Psg). Forwards: Belotti (Turin), Berardi (Sassuolo), Immobile (Lazio), Insigne (Naples), Joao Pedro (Cagliari), Politano (Naples), Raspadori and Scamacca (Sassuolo), Zaccagni (Lazio), Zaniolo (Rome).
The Under 21 coach Nicolato has called up 27 players in view of the double engagement with Montenegro and Bosnia Herzegovina for the European qualifiers. Among them are also Raoul Bellanova and Matteo Lovato of Cagliari. Another rossoblù in blue is the defender Carboni, called up with the Under 20 team.