The Azzurri Squad for the Finalissimo and Nations League preliminary matches  June 2022
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Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	App	G
Acerbi, Francesco	10 February 1988	34	CD	SS Lazio	24	1
Barella, Nicolò	17 February 1997	25	M	FC Internazionale Milano	38	8
Bastoni, Alessandro	13 April 1999	23	CD	FC Internazionale Milano	14	0
Belotti, Andrea	20 December 1993	28	F	Torino FC	44	12
	Belotti withdrew from the squad on 8 June
Berardi, Domenico	1 August 1994	27	F	US Sassuolo Calcio	24	6
Bernardeschi, Federico	16 February 1994	28	F	Juventus FC	39	6
	Bernardeschi left the squad after the Argentina match
Biraghi, Cristiano	1 September 1992	29	LB	AC Fiorentina	13	1
Bonucci, Leonardo	1 May 1987	35	CD	Juventus FC	116	8
	Bonucci withdrew from the squad on 8 June
Calabria, Davide	6 December 1996	25	FB	AC Milan	6	0
Cancellieri, Matteo	12 February 2002	20	F	Hellas Verona FC	1	0
	Cancellieri was added to the squad on 26th May
Caprari, Gianluca	30 July 1993	28	F	UC Sampdoria	0	0
Chiellini, Giorgio	14 August 1984	37	CD	Juventus FC	118	8
	Chiellini retired from international football after the Argentina match
Cragno, Alessio	28 June 1994	27	G	Cagliari Calcio	2	0
Cristante, Bryan	3 March 1995	27	M	AS Roma	25	2
Di Lorenzo, Giovanni	4 August 1993	28	RB	SSC Napoli	20	2
Dimarco, Federico	10 November 1997	24	LB	FC Internazionale Milano	2	0
Donnarumma, Gianluigi	25 February 1999	23	G	Paris Saint Germain, France	45	0
Palmieri dos Santos, Emerson	3 August 1994 in Santos, Brazil	27	LB	Chelsea FC, England	29	0
				also has 15 Brazil U17 appearances
	Emerson left the squad after the Argentina match
Esposito, Salvatore	7 October 2000	21	M	Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor	0	0
	Esposito was added to the squad on 26th May
Florenzi, Alessandro	11 March 1991	31	RB	FC Internazionale Milano	48	2
Frattesi, Davide	22 September 1999	22	M	US Sassuolo Calcio	1	0
Gatti, Federico	24 June 1998	23	CD	Juventus FC	0	0
	Gatti was added to the squad on 26th May
Gnonto, Degnand Wilfried	5 November 2003	18	F	FC Zürich, Switzerland	2	0
	Gnonto was added to the squad on 26th May
Gollini, Pierluigi	18 March 1995	27	G	Atalanta BC	1	0
	Gollini was added to the squad
Insigne, Lorenzo	4 June 1991	30	F	SSC Napoli	54	10
	Insigne left the squad after the Argentina match
Jorginho	20 December 1991 in Imbituba, Brazil	30	DM	Chelsea FC, England	44	5
Frello Filho, Jorge Luiz
	Jorginho left the squad after the Argentina match
Lazzari, Manuel	29 November 1993	28	RB/M	SS Lazio	3	0
Locatelli, Manuel	8 January 1998	24	M	Juventus FC	23	3
Ramos Marchi, Luiz Felipe	22 March 1997 in Colina, Brazil	25	CD	SS Lazio	0	0
				also has four Brazil youth appearances
Mancini, Gianluca	17 April 1996	26	CD	AS Roma	8	0
Meret, Alex	22 March 1997	25	G	SSC Napoli	2	0
Moise Kean, Bioty	28 February 2000	22	F	Juventus FC, on loan from Everton FC, England	12	4
Pellegrini, Lorenzo	19 June 1996	25	M	AS Roma	23	5
Pessina, Matteo	21 April 1997	25	M	Atalanta BC	13	4
Pinamonti, Andrea	19 May 1999	23	F	FC Internazionale Milano	0	0
Pobega, Tommaso	15 July 1999	22	M	AC Milan	1	0
	Pobega was added to the squad on 26th May
Politano, Matteo	3 August 1993	28	F	SSC Napoli	6	3
Raspadori, Giacomo	18 February 2000	22	F	US Sassuolo Calcio	11	3
Ricci, Samuele	21 August 2001	20	M	Torino FC	1	0
	Ricci was added to the squad on 26th May
Scalvini, Giorgio	11 December 2003	18	CD	Atalanta BC	0	0
	Scalvini was added to the squad on 26th May
Scamacca, Gianluca	1 January 1999	23	F	US Sassuolo Calcio	5	0
Sirigu, Salvatore	12 January 1987	35	G	Genoa CFC	28	0
Spinazzola, Leonardo	25 March 1993	29	LB	AS Roma	20	0
Tonali, Sandro	8 May 2000	22	M	AC Milan	10	0
Verratti, Marco	5 November 1992	29	CM	Paris Saint-Germain FC, France	49	3
	Verratti left the squad after the Argentina match
Zaccagni, Mattia	16 June 1995	26	F	Hellas Verona FC	1	0
Zaniolo, Nicolò	2 July 1999	22	AM	AS Roma	9	2
Zerbin, Alessio	3 March 1999	23	F	SCC Napoli	1	0
	Zerbin was added to the squad on 26th May

Squad details correct up to and including Italy's match against Hungary on 7 June 2022.
Tallies taken from FSGC

Diary

Friday, 20 May 2022 - Head Coach Roberto Mancini has named 53 players to attend a training session at Centro Tecnico Federale in Coverciano for three days for him to evaluate. The session marks the beginning of a collaboration between the FIGC, the Italian League and its clubs, with the aim of facilitating the transition from youth to senior level and expanding the base of eligible players. The squad, divided into two groups, comprise of 29 Serie A players, 18 from Serie B, and six who ply they trade abroad. Despite the large number, it still does not include players that will be included in the Serie B play-offs.

Monday, 23 May 2022 - Roberto Mancini has named 39 players. Italy are engaged in five matches in fifteen days, starting with Argentina at Wembley, before embarking on four Nations League matches. The players will join up on Friday with the exception of the Roma players, who because of their participation in the UEFA Europa Conference League Final, will join up on Sunday and will not be involved in the match at Wembley. There are first call-ups for Andrea Pinamonti and David Frettesi, whilst Gianluca Caprari is recalled after a three year absence. Giorgio Chiellini has already announced that he will retire from international football after the match at Wembley against Argentina.

Tuesday, 24 May 2022 - The future stars of the Azzurri begin training at Coverciano under the guidance of Roberto Mancini. They remain until Thursday.

Thursday, 26 May 2022 - As a result of the training sessions over the last few days, Roberto Mancini has summoned six players—Federico Gatti, Salvatore Esposito, Samuele Ricci, Matteo Cancellieri, Wilfried Gnonto and Alessio Zerbin—to the Centro Tecnico Federale in Coverciano. Giorgio Scalvini and Tommaso Pobega have also been called up.  The 47 players will report to the CTF tomorrow and remain until May 31, when they leave for London.  The day before they leave, Mancini will release a list of players for the match at Wembley Stadium, and a list of players who will return to the CTF on 2 June.

Sunday, 29 May 2022 - The five Roma players that enjoyed success in the UEFA European Conference League in Tiranë on Wednesday have joined the squad in Coverciano.

Monday, 30 May 2022 - Following Giorgio Chiellini's final press conference as Italy captain, the Azzurri had a training session at the CTF. At the end of training, Roberto Mancini announced the list of thirty players to take part in the Finalissima. The remaining players will rest and return on Wednesday evening. The thirty-man squad will leave for London tomorrow morning and train at Wembley in the afternoon. The Squad: Goalkeepers-Cragno, Donnarumma, Gollini, Meret, and the injured Sirigu; Defenders-Di Lorenzo, Florenzi, Lazzari, Acerbi, Bastoni, Bonucci, Chiellini, Emerson and Spinazzola; Midfielders-Barella, Cristante, Fratessi, Jorginho, Locatelli, Pessina, Tonali and Verratti; Forwards-Belotti, Bernardeschi, Gnonto, Insigne, Pellegrini, Politano, Raspadori and Scamacca.

Wednesday, 1 June 2022 - Finalissima:- Italy 0 Argentina 3 (87,112) - Lionel Messi and Angel di Maria shone at Wembley in a renewal of the contest between the champions of Europe and South America. Messi's run and cross et up the opener for Lautaro Martinez, who then turned provder for Di Maria to chip a second. Substitute Paulo Dybala rounded off a handsome win in injury time. Giorgio Chiellini played the first half of whta was his 118th and final international match. Argentina are on an unbeaten run of 32 matches.

Thursday, 2 June 2022 - The Azzurri return to Coverciano without Giorgio Chiellini, Lorenzo Insigne, Marco Verratti, Jorginho, Emerson and Federico Bernardeschi, who have all left the training camp. Training resumed in the evening along with those players who were not part of the trip to Wembley, who all had two days rest.

Saturday, 4 June 2022 - Italy 1 Germany 1 (28,000) - Coach Roberto Mancini made ten changes to the defeat to Argentina, with only goalkeeper Donnarumma keeping his place. Mancini was rewarded with a good peformance. Pellegrini scoring with an assist from Gnonto, Kimmich equalising three minutes later. It did not stop Mancini give six players their debuts, five from the bench.

Monday, 6 June 2022 - The Azzurri have arrived and are now training at Dino Manuzzi Stadium in Cesana. Samuele Ricci has left to join the under-21 for their European Championship qualifiers. Goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma continues to be monitored after he broke a finger on Saturday.

Tuesday, 7 June 2022 - Italy 2 Hungary 1 - European Champions Italy beat Hungary to top Group A3. Italy went ahead when Nicola Barella angled a strike into the top corner from the edge of the penalty area after good work from Leonard Spinazzola. Lorenzo Pellegrini doubled the hosts' lead with a low shot from Matteo Politano's pullback from the right. Hungary pulled one back through Gianluca Mancini's own goal.

Wednesday, 8 June 2022 - The national side returned to the FTC in Coverciano overnight and returned to training in the afternoon. Leonardo Bonucci and Andrea Belotti have left the camp and returned to their clubs. It still leaves Roberto Mancini with 32 players to choose from.

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