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Italy Head Coach Roberto Mancini called up 35 players for the World Cup qualifying playoffs by meeting from Wednesday 26 to Friday 28 January 2022 at Coverciano.  The playoff taking place at the end of March.   As reported by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), players will meet at 12 noon on Wednesday 26 January at the Centro Tecnico Federale, with the coach holding a remote press conference at 13:15 before taking the first of three training sessions in the afternoon.

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The news is the return of forward Mario Balotelli after more than three years ago.  Seven new players being called up for the first time:  goalkeeper Marco Carnesecchi, defenders Luiz Felipe and Giorgio Scalvini, midfielders Nicolò Fagioli, Davide Frattesi and Samuele Ricci and forward Joao Pedro.

Carnesecchi and Fagioli had already been called up in April 2019 for a camp reserved for youngsters. In the next few hours, players from the Azzurri group who are currently injured could be added to the list to take part in tactical work ahead of the March games.

Photo via twitter.com/Azzurri_En

👉 Italy Squad List

Goalkeepers: Marco Carnesecchi (Cremonese), Alessio Cragno (Cagliari), Alex Meret (Napoli), Salvatore Sirigu (Genoa);

Defenders: Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), Davide Calabria (Milan), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Mattia De Sciglio (Juventus), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Alessandro Florenzi (Milan), Luiz Felipe (Lazio), Gianluca Mancini (Roma), Luca Pellegrini (Juventus), Giorgio Scalvini (Atalanta), Rafael Toloi (Atalanta);

Midfielders: Nicolò Barella (Inter), Bryan Cristante (Roma), Nicolò Fagioli (Cremonese), Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo), Manuel Locatelli (Juventus), Matteo Pessina (Atalanta), Samuele Ricci (Empoli), Stefano Sensi (Inter), Sandro Tonali (Milan);

Forwards: Mario Balotelli (Adana Demirspor), Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), Federico Bernardeschi (Juventus), Ciro Immobile (Lazio), Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), Joao Pedro (Cagliari), Giacomo Raspadori (Sassuolo), Gianluca Scamacca (Sassuolo), Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio), Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma).

Photo via twitter.com/Azzurri_En

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👉 Italian team Schedule

Wednesday 26 January 2022
By 12 noon – Meeting at the CTF of Coverciano
13.15 – Coach’s remote press conference
15.30 – Training (behind closed doors)
Thursday 27 January 2022
15.30 – training (behind closed doors)
Friday 28 January 2022
10.30 – training (behind closed doors)

Photo via twitter.com/FIGC