Domenico Berardi and Andrea Pinamonti have left the Italy squad for the Finalissima with Argentina and Nations League games due to injury, while Roberto Mancini confirms that will be Giorgio Chiellini’s final cap.
The Sassuolo right-sided attacking winger and Empoli centre-forward, on loan from Inter, have pulled out of the upcoming four matches.
It is particularly disappointing for Pinamonti, as this would’ve been his first call-up to the senior Italy squad.
Federico Chiesa, Ciro Immobile, Gaetano Castrovilli and Rafael Toloi were already unavailable.
Instead, Mancini has called up Federico Gatti of Frosinone, on loan from Juventus, FC Zurich’s Inter product Wilfried Gnonto, Frosinone’s Alessio Zerbin, Salvatore Esposito of SPAL, Samuele Ricci from Torino and Verona’s Matteo Cancellieri.
While the new faces come through, others bow out, as Mancini confirmed the Finalissima with Argentina at Wembley Stadium on June 1 will be the final cap for Chiellini.
“I won’t try to convince him otherwise, Chiellini has made his decision. I will thank him again for all that he has done, but it’s only right he follow his own path,” said the coach in a press conference.
Chiellini has left Juventus and is expected to sign for MLS club LAFC.
Italy will face Argentina on June 1 for the Finalissima between European and South American Champions, then the Nations League begins.
They host Germany on June 4 and Hungary on June 7, visit England on June 11 and Germany on June 14.
Italy squad:
Goalkeepers: Alessio Cragno (Cagliari), Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint Germain), Alex Meret (Napoli), Salvatore Sirigu (Genoa);
Defenders: Francesco Acerbi (Lazio), Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Davide Calabria (Milan), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Federico Dimarco (Inter), Emerson Palmieri (Olympique Lyonnais), Alessandro Florenzi (Milan), Federico Gatti (Frosinone), Manuel Lazzari (Lazio), Luiz Felipe (Lazio), Gianluca Mancini (Roma), Giorgio Scalvini (Atalanta), Leonardo Spinazzola (Roma);
Midfielders: Nicolò Barella (Inter), Bryan Cristante (Roma), Salvatore Esposito (Spal), Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo), Jorginho (Chelsea), Manuel Locatelli (Juventus), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), Matteo Pessina (Atalanta), Tommaso Pobega (Torino), Samuele Ricci (Torino), Sandro Tonali (Milan), Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain);
Forwards: Andrea Belotti (Torino), Federico Bernardeschi (Juventus), Matteo Cancellieri (Verona), Gianluca Caprari (Verona), Wilfried Gnonto (FC Zurich), Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), Moise Kean (Juventus), Matteo Politano (Napoli), Giacomo Raspadori (Sassuolo), Gianluca Scamacca (Sassuolo), Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio), Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma), Alessio Zerbin (Frosinone).