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🇮🇹👉  Italy’s Head Coach Luciano Spalletti has selected twenty-three players for the upcoming matches against France and Israel. Sandro Tonali makes his return, while new faces Okoli and Brescianini join the squad.  As reported by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), the team will gather at the Coverciano Technical Center on Sunday 1 September 2024.  The team will prepare for their first two Nations League games.

The team will train at Coverciano until Thursday and depart for Paris. The match against France will take place on Friday, 6 September.  The team will depart for Budapest the next morning to play their game. Afterward, they’ll return to Italy, with flights arranged to both Milan and Rome.

Italy Squad for UEFA Nations League – Italy 23-man Squad for France and Israel

Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain), Alex Meret (Napoli), Guglielmo Vicario (Tottenham);

Defenders: Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Raoul Bellanova (Atalanta), Alessandro Buongiorno (Napoli), Riccardo Calafiori (Arsenal), Andrea Cambiaso (Juventus), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Federico Dimarco (Inter), Federico Gatti (Juventus), Caleb Okoli (Leicester), Destiny Udogie (Tottenham);

Midfielders: Marco Brescianini (Atalanta), Nicolò Fagioli (Juventus), Davide Frattesi (Inter), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), Samuele Ricci (Torino), Sandro Tonali (Newcastle);

Forwards: Moise Kean (Fiorentina), Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli), Mateo Retegui (Atalanta), Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio).

🇫🇷 France vs Italy 🇮🇹
🗓️ Friday 6 September 2024
🏟️ Parc des Princes, France

🇮🇱 Israel vs Italy 🇮🇹
🗓️Monday 9 September
🏟️ Bozsik Arena, Hungary
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THE NATIONS LEAGUE.

The Azzurri, finalists in the last two Nations Leagues, are in Group 2 of League A alongside France, Belgium, and Israel. They will face these formidable opponents in six matches scheduled between September and November. The top two teams advance to the quarter-finals, a new stage introduced this year before reaching the Finals. The third-placed team will face a play-out against a team from League B (quarter-finals and play-outs between March 20 and 25, 2025), and the bottom team will be relegated to League B. The Finals will take place from 7 to 8 June 2025.

The Nations League also significantly impacts the European Qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, which will be the first edition featuring 48 teams in the final stage. The 55 European nations (or 54 if Russia’s suspension is confirmed) will be divided into 12 groups of 4 or 5 teams, with home-and-away matches from March to November 2025. Teams reaching the Nations League quarter-finals or play-offs will start their World Cup qualifiers in June, with the exception of the four Nations League finalists. The 12 group winners will secure their spots in the 2026 World Cup in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. The 12 runners-up will compete in a play-off phase, alongside the four highest-ranked Nations League teams that have not already qualified. These 16 teams will be drawn into four mini-tournaments, with semi-finals and finals (home-and-away matches) scheduled for March 2026.

Luciano Spalletti’s 23-man squad for the Azzurri’s first two Nations League matches 📋#VivoAzzurro pic.twitter.com/Vm3GtelIUL

— Italy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@Azzurri_En) August 30, 2024