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Italy's national team will try to slip through the Nations League matches. The team's coach Roberto Mancini announced the lineup of players for the matches against England and Hungary. Although the Italians will miss the upcoming World Cup in Qatar and may try out new candidates, the strategist decided not to take too many risks and invited just three debutant players to the team. They are "Lazio" representative Ivan Provedel, "Empoli" and "Salernitana" players Guglielmo Vicario and Pasquale Mazzocchi. The coach decided to ignore the fans' wishes and include "Udinese" defender Destiny Udogie and "Juventus" midfielder Fabio Miretti. Italy's lineup:
Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain), Alex Meret (Napoli), Ivan Provedel (Lazio), Guglielmo Vicario (Empoli); Defenders: Francesco Acerbi (Inter), Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Federico Dimarco (Inter), Emerson Palmieri (West Ham), Federico Gatti (Juventus), Luiz Felipe (Real Betis), Pasquale Mazzocchi (Salernitana), Rafael Toloi (Atalanta); Midfielders: Nicolò Barella (Inter), Bryan Cristante (Roma), Jorginho (Chelsea), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), Tommaso Pobega (Milan), Sandro Tonali (Milan), Marco Verratti (Paris Saint-Germain); Forwards: Matteo Cancellieri (Lazio), Wilfried Gnonto (Leeds), Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg), Ciro Immobile (Lazio), Matteo Politano (Napoli), Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli), Gianluca Scamacca (West Ham), Alessio Zerbin (Napoli).
