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18 Azzurri arriving at Coverciano, other 11 to join the group on Tuesday. Ogbonna out, 10 in self-isolation, Romagnoli to be assessed

The team for the games against Estonia, Poland and Bosnia has started to come together. Half of the squad to arrive at Coverciano this evening, the rest will join in the coming days

Sunday, November 8, 2020

18 Azzurri arriving at Coverciano, other 11 to join the group on Tuesday. Ogbonna out, 10 in self-isolation, Romagnoli to be assessed

The Italy squad for the coming international break has begun to come together. The Azzurri have three games coming up: Italy vs. Estona on Wednesday 11 November at the Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence, before two UEFA Nations League fixtures - Italy vs. Poland on Sunday 15 in Reggio Emilia and Bosnia vs. Italy in Sarajevo on Wednesday 18.

18 of the 41-man squad will arrive at Coverciano over the coming hours: Belotti, Bernardeschi, Calabria, Cragno, Criscito, Di Lorenzo, El Shaarawy, Emerson, Gagliardini, Grifo, Lasagna, Orsolini, Pellegri, Luca Pellegrini, Pessina, Sirigu, Soriano and Tonali.

Ogbonna, who picked up an injury yesterday, has pulled out of the squad. Romagnoli is still to be assessed after he pulled out of AC Milan’s game against Hellas Verona.

Eight more players are due to arrive on Tuesday evening after being given an extra 48 hours off by Roberto Mancini: Bonucci, Chiesa, Donnarumma, Florenzi, Insigne, Jorginho, Kean and Meret. Three Sassuolo players (Berardi, Caputo and Locatelli) will complete their period of isolation on Tuesday, as well.

A further ten players will remain in self-isolation: Acerbi, Barella, Biraghi, Castrovilli, Cristante, D’Ambrosio, Immobile, Mancini, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Spinazzola.

Squad list

Goalkeepers: Alessio Cragno (Cagliari), Gianluigi Donnarumma (AC Milan)**, Alex Meret (Napoli)**, Salvatore Sirigu (Torino);

Defenders: Francesco Acerbi (Lazio)*, Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina)*, Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus)**, Davide Calabria (Milan), Domenico Criscito (Genoa)*, Danilo D’Ambrosio (Inter)*, Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Emerson Palmieri Dos Santos (Chelsea), Alessandro Florenzi (Paris Saint-Germain)**, Gianluca Mancini (Roma)*, Luca Pellegrini (Genoa)*, Alessio Romagnoli (AC Milan), Leonardo Spinazzola (Roma)*,

Midfielders: Nicolò Barella (Inter)*, Gaetano Castrovilli (Fiorentina)*, Bryan Cristante (Roma)*, Roberto Gagliardini (Inter)*, Frello Jorge Luiz Jorginho (Chelsea), Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo)*, Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma)*, Matteo Pessina (Atalanta), Roberto Soriano (Bologna), Sandro Tonali (AC Milan);

Forwards: Andrea Belotti (Torino), Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo)*, Federico Bernardeschi (Juventus), Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo)*, Federico Chiesa (Juventus)**, Stephan El Shaarawy (Shanghai Shenua), Vincenzo Grifo (SC Freiburg), Ciro Immobile (Lazio)*, Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli)**, Moise Bioty Kean (Paris Saint-Germain)**, Kevin Lasagna (Udinese), Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), Pietro Pellegri (AS Monaco);

* will only join up with the squad after receiving permission from the relevant health authorities

**will join the training camp by 22:00 CET on Tuesday 10 November

Schedule (all times CET)

Sunday 8 November
Meet-up at the Federal Technical Centre in Coverciano

Monday 9 November
11:00 – Training at the Federal Technical Centre in Coverciano

Tuesday 10 November
14:30 – Press conference (Head Coach and a player) at the Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence
17:45 – Estonia press conference (Head Coach and player) at the Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence
18:15 – Italy training session at the Federal Technical Centre in Coverciano
18:30 –Estonia training session (media access for the first 15 minutes) at the Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence

Wednesday 11 November
20:45 – ITALY vs. Estonia (media duties after the match)

Thursday 12 November
15:30 – Training (behind closed doors) at the Federal Technical Centre in Coverciano

Friday 13 November
13:45 – Press event (players) in the auditorium of the Federal Technical Centre in Coverciano

16:00 – Training (behind closed doors) at the Federal Technical Centre in Coverciano

Saturday 14 November
11:30 – Journey from Florence to Reggio Emilia
16:30 – Poland press conference at the Stadio Città del Tricolore in Reggio Emilia
17:00 – Poland training session (media access for the first 15 minutes) at the Stadio Città del Tricolore in Reggio Emilia
18:00 – Italy press conference at the Stadio Città del Tricolore in Reggio Emilia
18:30 – Italy training session (media access for the first 15 minutes) at the Stadio Città del Tricolore in Reggio Emilia

Sunday 15 November
20:45 – ITALY vs. Poland (post-match press event and subsequent return to the Federal Technical Centre in Coverciano

Monday 16 November
16:30 – Training session (behind closed doors) at the Federal Technical Centre in Coverciano

Tuesday 17 November
10:45 – Journey from Florence to Sarajevo
16:30 – Bosnia & Herzegovina press conference at the Grbavica Stadium in Sarajevo
17:00 –Bosnia & Herzegovina training session (media access for the first 15 minutes) at the Grbavica Stadium in Sarajevo
17:30 – Italy press conference at the Grbavica Stadium in Sarajevo
18:00 – Italy training session (media access for the first 15 minutes) at the Grbavica Stadium in Sarajevo

Wednesday 18 November
20:45 – Bosnia & Herzegovina vs. ITALY post-match press event and subsequent return to Italy