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Italy have gathered at the Centro Tecnico Federale in Coverciano, where they will train for the first time this afternoon as preparations begin for their final two UEFA Nations League group fixtures. They host France at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milan on Thursday 12 November before travelling to Brussels to face Belgium at the King Baudouin Stadium on Sunday 15 November.
Italy head coach Roberto Mancini, who will hold his customary opening press conference at 13:30 CET today, added Federico Gatti to the squad yesterday evening. The Juventus defender, who came on in the closing stages of the Serie A match against Fiorentina, returns to the national team fold more than seven months after the World Cup play-off final against Bosnia and Herzegovina.
THE FULL SQUAD
Goalkeepers: Marco Carnesecchi (Atalanta), Gianluigi Donnarumma (Manchester City), Guglielmo Vicario (Juventus);
Defenders: Honest Ahanor (Crystal Palace), Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Riccardo Calafiori (Arsenal), Federico Dimarco (Inter), Federico Gatti (Juventus), Daniele Ghilardi (Roma), Michael Kayode (Brentford), Marco Palestra (Chelsea), Matteo Palma (Udinese), Giorgio Scalvini (Atalanta);
Midfielders: Nicolò Barella (Inter), Riccardo Cassano (Como), Issa Doumbia (Sporting CP), Nicolò Fagioli (Fiorentina), Davide Frattesi (Lazio), Simone Lontani (Parma), Niccolò Pisilli (Roma), Samuele Ricci (Como), Alessandro Romano (Cagliari), Sandro Tonali (Tottenham);
Forwards: Nicolò Cambiaghi (Bologna), Alphadjo Cisse (Milan), Francesco Pio Esposito (Inter), Sebastiano Esposito (Sassuolo), Luca Koleosho (Paris FC), Mattia Liberali (Como), Gianluca Scamacca (Atalanta), Antonio Vergara (Napoli), Nicolò Zaniolo (Udinese).
