Italy squad for the 2021 European Championships: Mancini’s list. There is Raspadori

The coach announces his choices: the Atalanta midfielder is surprisingly cut, the young Sassuolo striker enters

From now on it gets really serious. Roberto Mancini, guest with the national team and all his staff of the “Notti Azzurre” program on Rai 1, then formalized the list of 26 players who will be part of the blue expedition to the European Championship, which will start on 11 June against Turkey at the ‘Olympic. Mancini had already compiled a list of 28 players, reduced to 26 on Tuesday evening. Mancini, Pessina and Politano remain at home. Promoted instead Toloi, Bernardeschi and Raspadori. Both Cristante and the bruised Sensi are on the list. The lists are final, but there is the possibility of making changes by 10 June in the event of a serious injury or Covid.

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THE LIST OF 26

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Goalkeepers: Donnarumma, Meret, Sirigu.
Defenders: Acerbi, Bastoni, Bonucci, Di Lorenzo, Florenzi, Spinazzola, Toloi, Emerson Palmieri, Chiellini.
Midfielders: Barella, Cristante, Locatelli, Pellegrini, Sensi, Verratti, Jorginho.
Forwards: Belotti, Berardi, Bernardeschi, Church, Immobile, Insigne, Raspadori.

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MANCINI AND CHIELLINI

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“It is always difficult – Mancini reiterated – to get to the list of 26, because you have to leave players at home who have been protagonists anyway. Our national team was born after the disappointment of the last World Cup and we were good at building a good path” . Giorgio Chiellini will be the captain: “I was lucky enough to have great captains before me, like Buffon and Cannavaro. I will delegate a bit of trouble to Bonucci …”.

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