On January 25, Beijing time, the Italian national team announced the latest issue of the training roster, considering the injury situation in the team, Mancini chose to recruit many newcomers for inspection.
It is worth noting that italian journalist Romano upset that Balotelli will return to the national team, and now his name is also appearing in the list again after three years. The 31-year-old balotelli currently plays for Turkish Super League side Ada Nadimir, scoring eight goals in 20 appearances this season, and his last appearance for the Italian national team was in September 2018. With Chieza Jr. seriously injured and missing the play-offs, the team needs to find new strikers to complement them.
In this list, donnarumma, Zoginho and other main players are also absent. The World Preliminary Round European Zone play-offs will start in March this year, Italy and Portugal are in the same group, and the situation of impacting the World Cup is not optimistic.
Specific list:
Goalkeepers: Canesec, Clagno, Meret, Sirigo
Defenders: Bastoni, Biraghi, Calabria, Chiellini, Desilio, Di Lorenzo, Florenzi, Luis Felipe, G. Mancini, Luca Pellegrini, Scarvini, Toloy
Midfielders: Barrera, Christant, Faccioli, Vlataisi, Locatelli, Pescina, Samuele Ritchie, Sensi, Tornali
Forwards: Balotelli, Berardi, Bernardsky, Immobile, Insigne, João Pedro, Las Padoli, Scamaka, Zakani, Zagnolo
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