Davide Calabria and Cristiano Biraghi have pulled out of the Italy squad and Roberto Mancini has called up Davide Zappacosta.
The squad for the match against Northern Ireland has changed significantly, as both Milan full-back Calabria and Fiorentina captain Biraghi have joined the list of absentees ahead of the trip to Belfast.
The Azzurri CT Mancini has decided to call up Atalanta wing-back Zappacosta ahead of the crucial game in Belfast.
The problems continue for Mancini, who already pointed out the lack of players ahead of the 1-1 draw with Switzerland on Friday.
Sassuolo defender Gian Marco Ferrari was called up yesterday, when Alessandro Bastoni was ruled out for the trip to Northern Ireland.
Check out the new squad ahead of the final game in Group C of the World Cup Qualifiers on Monday.
Italy squad to face Northern Ireland:
Goalkeepers: Alessio Cragno (Cagliari), Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain), Alex Meret (Napoli), Salvatore Sirigu (Genoa)
Defenders: Francesco Acerbi (Lazio), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), GianMarco Ferrari (Sassuolo), Emerson Palmieri (Olympique Lyonnais), Gianluca Mancini (Roma), Davide Zappacosta (Atalanta)
Midfielders: Nicolò Barella (Inter), Danilo Cataldi (Lazio) Bryan Cristante (Roma), Jorginho (Chelsea), Manuel Locatelli (Juventus), Matteo Pessina (Atalanta), Tommaso Pobega (Torino), Sandro Tonali (Milan)
Attackers: Andrea Belotti (Torino), Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), Federico Bernardeschi (Juventus), Federico Chiesa (Juventus), Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), Giacomo Raspadori (Sassuolo), Gianluca Scamacca (Sassuolo)
Sadly Switzerland was strategically superior in their encounter. Anyone who watched the Wuro final knows how vulnerable Di Lorenzo is on defense. They exploited theat weakness right away. But worst was the midfield – not even Gigi Riva could have scored with no service whatsoever. Don’t blame Belotti for
a subpar performance. No team can score without a strong midfield and honestly Mancini performance was subpar as well. The team played poor since the start and he waited too long for substitutions.
Berarsi has been on great form all year – why on the bench!?
Tonali was a bright spot- he reminded me of Rivera immediately finding the open player. It’s time to give a true striker playing time. Kean, Scamacca amd Lucca are the only true center forward in Italy. Rapsadori is no forward- sorry great kid but so so player not at the international level.
DAL; if you think kean is one of only option we better pack up and go home. There is Destro whi is far more talented, esposito on inter scammaca zaccagni and on and on.
100% spot on not sure why Mancini sticks with the same guys . Unfortunately I can’t see them evening winning away to n Ireland . And if they do it won’t be by more than a goal .
There’s Lucca and Destro why not call them up? Even Fratessi deserves a chance yet Mancini is stuck with the same players even though they’ve been below average this season… Raspadori is overrated I wonder what he offers to the team guy is below average
Il Faraone…
better play as though belgium was in front of them or it’s lights out, even so let’s hope bulgaria doesn’t throw the game and give us a biscotti
Bulgaria won’t gift us anything like Georgia did for Spain . They losing 4 or 5-0.
Italy will get the win but scoring more than 2 with the likes of Belotti and with respect Berardi is going to be a bridge too far. I have the plumber on standby for the toilet.