Mancini summons twenty-two European champions plus the Roma player Pellegrini. Out Belotti, out of Kean
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Twenty-two of the twenty-six European champions, plus Lorenzo Pellegrini. Among others, the injured Belotti and the young Kean, who had played in the qualifiers for the World Cup, remain at home. In addition of course to Spinazzola. After the triumph at Wembley, the national team is hunting for another trophy.
Next week Italy will host the final phase of the Nations League, the Uefa tournament now in its second edition which will have its epilogue in Milan and Turin. Wednesday 6 October (8.45 pm, live on Rai 1) Italy and Spain will face each other in a semi-final which is the replay of the Euro 2020 one, while on Thursday 7 October at the Juventus Stadium in Turin the reigning world champions of France will they will see her in the second semifinal with Belgium, number one in the Fifa Ranking. The Nations League, won in the first edition by Portugal, will then be awarded on Sunday evening in Milan, after Turin has hosted the final for third place in the afternoon. Expectation is growing for the match against the Spaniards: 22,000 tickets have already been sold (capacity is 50%, 37,000 spectators) and Monday, the last day to buy tickets, could be sold out.
Meanwhile, the coach Roberto Mancini has made official the 23 called up for the final phase of the tournament: the list includes 22 of the 26 European champions, to which is added the Roma midfielder Lorenzo Pellegrini, who had to give up the European Championships due to injury. The national team will meet on Sunday evening in Appiano Gentile and will stay in Milan until the match against Spain, to move to Coverciano during the night. These are the blue squads: goalkeepers: Donnarumma, Meret and Sirigu; defenders: Acerbi, Bastoni, Bonucci, Chiellini, Di Lorenzo, Emerson Palmieri, Toloi; midfielders: Barella, Cristante, Jorginho, Locatelli, Pellegrini, Pessina, Verratti; forwards: Berardi, Bernardeschi, Chiesa, Immobile, Insigne and Raspadori. –