Nations League, the Mancini list of confirmations, new faces and returns

Coach Roberto Mancini has chosen the players who will participate in the next two matches of the national team, Friday 23 at San Siro against England and Monday 26 at the Puskas Arena in Budapest for the challenge against Hungary, matches valid for the qualifying round at the Nations League ’22 -23.

In the standings Hungary leads with 7 points, followed by Germany with 6, Italy with 5 and England last with only 2 points. The winner of the group reaches the semifinals, the last one relegates to League B.

First call to the national team for Lazio and Empoli goalkeepers Ivan Provedel and Guglielmo Vicario, the latter however already called up last May on the occasion of the internship reserved for players of national interest, and for the Salernitana defender Pasquale Mazzocchi. While Alessio Zerbin was already called by Mancini before the summer after the great season in Serie B in Frosinone.

GOALKEEPERS: Donnarumma, Meret, Provedel, Vicar

DEFENDERS: Acerbi, Bastoni, Bonucci, Di Lorenzo, Dimarco, Emerson, Gatti, Luiz Felipe, Mazzocchi, Toloi

Midfielders: Barella, Cristante, Jorginho, Pellegrini, Pobega, Tonali, Verratti

FORWARDS: Cancellieri, Gnonto, Grifo, Immobile, Politano, Raspadori, Scamacca, Zerbin