Gennaro Gattuso will make his debut as Italy head coach in just two days, and according to Gazzetta, there are two line-ups the new CT could pick against Estonia.
Italy will play their third World Cup qualifying game against Estonia on September 5 and will train for the third time under Gattuso today.
Gattuso preparing for debut as Italy coach
Football Italia attended Gattuso’s first-ever training session at Coverciano on Monday and the second one on Tuesday, which, however, was only open to the media for the first 15 minutes.
On Tuesday, Gattuso initially split the group of outfield players into two, with the only Gianluca Scamacca not training with the rest of the team.
One group was composed of Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Federico Gatti, Riccardo Calafiori, Andrea Cambiaso, Nicolò Barella, Sandro Tonali, Manuel Locatelli, Riccardo Orsolini, Daniel Maldini and Moise Kean.
Two possible Italy formations vs. Estonia
With this in mind and knowing that Gattuso will switch to a four-man defence, Gazzetta predicts that Gattuso could use two systems: 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1.
Fiorentina striker Kean seems to be the starting striker, while Di Lorenzo, Calafiori, Alessandro Bastoni and Federico Dimarco are the men likely to be chosen at the back.
The main doubt is in midfield as Barella and Sandro Tonali could be joined by Manuel Locatelli in the middle of the park, or see Daniel Maldini or Giacomo Raspadori play as an attacking midfielder.
Source: Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper, September 3, 2025, page 33
orsolini should start obviously
Bring back Balotelli!
“bring back balotelli” comments should be banned, i mean seriously
We’re working on it 🙂
dimarco in a back 4 is suicide. did they not learn from the Euros 🤦♂️
Dimarco and Di lorennzo are worse defenders of all time.