The new national team coach has called up Gianluca Mancini, Zaniolo, and Zaccagni to represent the Aazzurri.
The national team’s head coach, Luciano Spalletti, has announced the list of called-up players for the upcoming two matches against North Macedonia (September 9th in Skopje) and Ukraine (September 12th in Milano).
It’s the first call-up for Nicolò Casale, while returning to the squad are Gianluca Mancini, Zaccagni, and Zaniolo. Notable exclusions from the list are Verratti and Jorginho.
The list of called-up players is as follows:
Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint Germain), Alex Meret (Napoli), Ivan Provedel (Lazio), Guglielmo Vicario (Tottenham);
Defenders: Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), Nicolò Casale (Lazio), Matteo Darmian (Inter), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Federico Dimarco (Inter), Gianluca Mancini (Roma), Alessio Romagnoli (Lazio), Giorgio Scalvini (Atalanta), Leonardo Spinazzola (Roma);
Midfielders: Nicolò Barella (Inter), Bryan Cristante (Roma), Davide Frattesi (Inter), Manuel Locatelli (Juventus), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), Matteo Pessina (Monza), Sandro Tonali (Newcastle);
Forwards: Federico Chiesa (Juventus), Wilfried Gnonto (Leeds), Ciro Immobile (Lazio), Matteo Politano (Napoli), Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli), Mateo Retegui (Genoa), Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio), Nicolò Zaniolo (Aston Villa).
