Italy, Pellegrini and Politano ko. Mancini calls Esposito and Gabbiadini

After Marco Verratti’s departure yesterday, the national team must give up two other elements: following the checks carried out between yesterday and today, in fact, Lorenzo Pellegrini and Matteo Politano are also unavailable for the next matches and will return to their club this morning. . At the same time, coach Roberto Mancini summoned Salvatore Esposito (Spal, he was already in a meeting with the Under 21 team), Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo) and Manolo Gabbiadini (Sampdoria), who will arrive in Coverciano in the next few hours.

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During this first break of the championship, the national team will play the last two matches of the qualifying round for the Nations League 2022-23. The first Friday at San Siro against England, the following on Monday 26th in Budapest against Hungary. The Azzurri are currently third with 5 points, behind Hungary (7) and Germany (6), and ahead of the English (stopped at 2). The former will advance to the semi-finals, the latter will be relegated to Nations League B.