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Italian national coach Roberto Mancini has announced a 26-man squad for the Final Four of the Nations League, which will be held in the Netherlands from 14 to 18 June. The European champion will face Spain on June 15 in the semifinals. The other two participating countries are the Netherlands and Croatia.
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The Italians will gather on June 5 with a training camp in Sardinia. The internationals of Inter and Fiorentina will not be there yet. After all, they still play the finals of the Champions League (June 10) and the Conference League (June 7). Giorgio Scalvini (Atalanta) and Sandro Tonali (AC Milan) are not there. They finish the European Championship with the Italian promises.
Mattia Zaccagni and Ciro Immobile (Lazio), Alessandro Florenzi (AC Milan), Manuel Locatelli (Juventus) and Nicolo Zaniolo (Galatasaray) are back with the Azzurri after several months of absence. The naturalized Argentinian Mateo Retegui, who celebrated his debut in March and immediately hit twice, was also called up. With Lecce defender Federico Baschirotto, there is one debutant in the selection. In total, three more players have to be eliminated before the final list of 23 players will be submitted to UEFA next Monday.
The selection
Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain/Fra), Alex Meret (Naples), Guglielmo Vicario (Empoli)
Defenders: Federico Baschirotto (Lecce), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Alessandro Buongiorno (Turin), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Naples), Alessandro Florenzi (AC Milan), Federico Gatti (Juventus), Leonardo Spinazzola (AS Roma), Rafael Toloi (Atalanta)
Midfielders: Bryan Cristante (AS Roma), Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo), Jorginho (Arsenal/Eng), Manuel Locatelli (Juventus), Lorenzo Pellegrini (AS Roma), Matteo Pessina (Monza), Marco Verratti (Paris Saint-Germain/Fra), Nicolò Zaniolo (Galatasaray/Tur)
Attackers: Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), Federico Chiesa (Juventus), Wilfried Gnonto (Leeds/Eng), Ciro Immobile (Lazio), Giacomo Raspadori (Naples), Mateo Retegui (Tigre/Arg), Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio)