Italy CT Roberto Mancini has called up 38 players for the three games against Northern Ireland, Bulgaria and Lithuania.
The Azzurri CT has picked the squad for the World Cup qualifiers, with the first match at the Stadio Ennio Tardini in Parma against Northern Ireland on March 25.
Italy will then play Bulgaria at the Vasil Levski Stadium in Sofia before they travel to Vilnius to play Lithuania at the LFF Stadium.
Atalanta defender Rafael Toloi and Spezia’s Matteo Ricci are called up for the first time in the large selection of players.
Italy CT Roberto Mancini has called up 38 players for the three games against Northern Ireland, Bulgaria and Lithuania.
The Azzurri CT has picked the squad for the World Cup qualifiers, with the first match at the Stadio Ennio Tardini in Parma against Northern Ireland on March 25.
Italy will then play Bulgaria at the Vasil Levski Stadium in Sofia before they travel to Vilnius to play Lithuania at the LFF Stadium.
Atalanta defender Rafael Toloi and Spezia’s Matteo Ricci are called up for the first time in the large selection of players.
Italy squad for the World Cup qualifiers in March
Goalkeepers:Alessio Cragno (Cagliari), Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan), Alex Meret (Napoli), Salvatore Sirigu (Torino)
Defenders:Francesco Acerbi (Lazio), Alessandro Bastoni (Inter)*, Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Emerson Palmieri (Chelsea), Gian Marco Ferrari (Sassuolo), Alessandro Florenzi (Paris Saint Germain), Manuel Lazzari (Lazio), Gianluca Mancini (Roma), Leonardo Spinazzola (Roma), Rafael Toloi (Atalanta)
Midfielders: Nicolò Barella (Inter)*, Gaetano Castrovilli (Fiorentina), Bryan Cristante (Roma), Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo), Rolando Mandragora (Torino), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), Matteo Pessina (Atalanta), Matteo Ricci (Spezia)*, Stefano Sensi (Inter)*, Roberto Soriano (Bologna), Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain)
Attackers: Andrea Belotti (Torino), Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), Federico Bernardeschi (Juventus), Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo), Federico Chiesa (Juventus), Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma), Vincenzo Grifo (Friburgo), Ciro Immobile (Lazio), Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), Moise Bioty Kean (Paris Saint Germain)
* The players response to being called up is subject to the provisions of the competent health authorities