Cagliari forward Joao Pedro and Lazio
defender Luiz Felipe, both of whom were born in Brazil and are
naturalized Italians, got their first Azzurri call-ups on Friday
as Italy coach Roberto Mancini named his 33-man squad for the
play-offs to qualify for this year's World Cup.
But Mario Balotelli, who is playing for Adana Demirspor in
Turkey and took part in a recent preparation training camp for
the play-offs, did not make the squad.
Juventus midfielder Manuel Locatelli, who is positive for
COVID-19, will join he squad after a period in isolation.
European champions Italy face North Macedonia in the playoffs in
Palermo on March 24 and then, if they get through, the winner of
the match between Portugal and Turkey on March 29 in Porto or
Konya.
Here is the Italy Squad.
Goalkeepers: Alessio Cragno (Cagliari), Gianluigi Donnarumma
(Paris Saint Germain), Pierluigi Gollini (Tottenham), Salvatore
Sirigu (Genoa);
Defenders: Francesco Acerbi (Lazio), Alessandro Bastoni (Inter),
Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus),
Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli),
Emerson Palmieri (Lione), Alessandro Florenzi (Milan), Luiz
Felipe (Lazio), Gianluca Mancini (Roma);
Midfielders: Nicolò Barella (Inter), Bryan Cristante (Roma),
Jorginho (Chelsea), Manuel Locatelli (Juventus), Lorenzo
Pellegrini (Roma), Matteo Pessina (Atalanta), Stefano Sensi
(Sampdoria), Sandro Tonali (Milan), Marco Verratti (Paris Saint
Germain);
Forwards: Andrea Belotti (Torino), Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo),
Ciro Immobile (Lazio), Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), Joao Pedro
(Cagliari), Matteo Politano (Napoli), Giacomo Raspadori
(Sassuolo), Gianluca Scamacca (Sassuolo) Mattia Zaccagni
(Lazio), Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma).
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