Roberto Mancini’s Italy squad for the qualifiers for the European Championships – Corriere.it

Thirty called up with three rookies: goalkeeper Falcone from Lecce, defender Buongiorno from Turin and Argentine forward Mateo Retegui

, 23 years old, center forward of Tigre but owned by Boca Juniors. After four months and the great disappointment of missing the World Cup in Qatar, he returns to the national team.

Meeting on Sunday evening in Coverciano in view of the first two qualifying matches for Euro 2024: on March 23 in Naples against England, rematch of the European final and the Nations League and on the 26th in Ta Qali in Malta. Roberto Mancini in an emergency in attack, but also in defense where the Interista Darmian and the Lazio Romagnoli return, absent respectively from 2018 and 2020. There is Chiesa, Zaniolo out by surprise.

The problem lies with the centre-forward: Retegui could make his debut, or it could be Gnonto’s turn. Italy returns to Naples after 10 years and 31,000 tickets have already been sold for the match against England.

Summoned. Goalkeepers: Donnarumma, Falcone, Meret and Provedel. Defenders: Acerbi, Bonucci, Buongiorno, Darmian, Di Lorenzo, Dimarco, Romagnoli, Scalvini, Spinazzola and Toloi. Midfielders: Barella, Cristante, Frattesi, Jorginho, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Pessina, Tonali and Verratti. Forwards: Berardi, Chiesa, Gnonto, Grifo, Pafundi, Politano, Retegui and Scamacca.