Italy coach Roberto Mancini included 5 Inter Milan gamers within the squad for subsequent week’s Nations League closing 4.

Defenders Francesco Acerbi, Alessandro Bastoni, Federico Dimarco and Matteo Darmian and midfielder Nicolò Barella will be a part of the Azzurri after Saturday’s Champions League closing towards Manchester City in Istanbul.

Italy has been coaching in Forte Village in Sardinia with a preliminary 26-man squad however Mancini made adjustments for the official 23-man record that was introduced on Tuesday.

Matteo Pessina and Domenico Berardi had already pulled out with accidents, whereas Federico Baschirotto, Alessandro Buongiorno, Alessandro Florenzi, Federico Gatti, Manuel Locatelli and Mattia Zaccagni had been left off the official record.

Argentina-born ahead Mateo Retegui has been included after scoring two targets in his first two Italy appearances in March.

Italy will fly to the Netherlands subsequent Wednesday forward of its semifinal towards Spain the next day.

Croatia performs the Netherlands within the different last-four match. The closing is June 18 in Rotterdam.

It is Italy’s second straight look within the Nations League closing 4. The Azzurri had been crushed by Spain within the semifinals in 2021.

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Italy:

Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain), Alex Meret (Napoli), Guglielmo Vicario (Empoli).

Defenders: Francesco Acerbi (Inter Milan), Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Matteo Darmian (Inter Milan), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan), Leonardo Spinazzola (Roma), Rafael Toloi (Atalanta).

Midfielders: Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan), Bryan Cristante (Roma), Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo), Jorginho (Arsenal), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), Marco Verratti (Paris Saint-Germain), Nicolò Zaniolo (Galatasaray).

Forwards: Federico Chiesa (Juventus), Wilfried Gnonto (Leeds), Ciro Immobile (Lazio), Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli), Mateo Retegui (Tigre).

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