The Italy squad for Nations League games against Poland and Bosnia-Herzegovina has been reduced from 41 to just 28.
The Poland match kicks off tonight at 19.45 GMT.
Roberto Mancini had caused controversy when calling up 41 players for the three games over international duty, including Wednesday’s 4-0 friendly win over Estonia.
The Italy squad for Nations League games against Poland and Bosnia-Herzegovina has been reduced from 41 to just 28.
The Poland match kicks off tonight at 19.45 GMT.
Roberto Mancini had caused controversy when calling up 41 players for the three games over international duty, including Wednesday’s 4-0 friendly win over Estonia.
Over the course of the last few days, players have left due to injury, COVID-19 tests or some who were self-isolating and not given the all-clear in time to play.
Today, the latest to be cut from the squad are Cristiano Biraghi, Gaetano Castrovilli, Federico Chiesa, Ciro Immobile and Leonardo Bonucci, who have all been sent back to their clubs or told not to make the trip.
In truth, only 27 remain from the original 41, as Stefano Okaka of Udinese was added later to fill the gaps.
Italy squad
GK: Alessio Cragno (Cagliari), Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan), Alex Meret (Napoli), Salvatore Sirigu (Torino)
D: Francesco Acerbi (Lazio), Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Davide Calabria (Milan), Danilo D’Ambrosio (Inter), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Emerson Palmieri (Chelsea), Gian Marco Ferrari (Sassuolo), Alessandro Florenzi (PSG), Luca Pellegrini (Genoa), Alessio Romagnoli (Milan)
M: Nicolò Barella (Inter), Jorginho (Chelsea), Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo), Matteo Pessina (Atalanta), Roberto Soriano (Bologna), Sandro Tonali (Milan)
F: Andrea Belotti (Torino), Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), Federico Bernardeschi (Juventus), Stephan El Shaarawy (Shanghai Shenhua), Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), Kevin Lasagna (Udinese), Stefano Okaka (Udinese), Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna)