Bastogne will not help the national team in matches with North Macedonia and Ukraine
Roma defender Gianluca Mancini and Atalanta goalkeeper Marco Carnesechi called back to Italian national team for the upcoming qualifying matches Euro 2024 against North Macedonia and Ukraine.
Mancini will be replaced in Squadra Azzurri’s squad by Alessandro Bastoni, who suffered an injury to his right calf muscle and will not help the national team in the November matches.
Carnesecchi was called up as a precaution because goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario had a fever during the night.
Earlier, midfielder Manuel Locatelli left the Squadra Azzurra training camp. Also, Napoli goalkeeper Alex Meret, defenders Davide Calabria (Milan) and Rafael Toloi (Atalanta) will miss the November European Championship qualifying matches due to injuries.
In addition to them, the injured Lorenzo Pellegrini and Mattia Zaccagni will not play for the national team in November. Ciro Immobile, the best scorer of Squadra Azzurra in the current convocation, is simply not called up.
Due to numerous personnel problems, full-backs Manuel Lazzari from Lazio and Cristiano Biraghi from Fiorentina were called up to the national team.
The Italian national team takes third place in Group C of qualification for the 2024 European Championship. Luciano Spalletti’s team is three points behind the Ukrainian team, having played one match less.
On November 17, Italy will play against North Macedonia. The key match with Ukraine will take place on November 20.
🚨 Squad update 🚨
Gianluca Mancini has been added to the group to replace the injured Bastoni. Furthermore, with Vicario experiencing fever symptoms, Carnesecchi has been called up as a precaution.#Azzurri #VivoAzzurro pic.twitter.com/8wzTzkgTsj
— Italy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@Azzurri_En) November 16, 2023
Source: Sportarena
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