Cristante unavailable for Italy’s Nations League matches, Mancini calls up Samuele Ricci

IPA58841958 - Samuele Ricci of Italy during the World Cup Qualifiers FIFA 2026, group I, football match between Italy and Moldova at Stadio Citta del Tricolore, on 09 June 2025 in Reggio Emilia, Italy. Photo Nderim Kaceli

ROME (ITALPRESS) – The Italy national team will gather this evening at the Federal Technical Centre in Coverciano, where training will begin tomorrow ahead of the first four matches of the Nations League group stage.

Following yesterday’s league match against Inter, Roma midfielder Bryan Cristante is unavailable due to a physical problem and will therefore be unable to join the squad. At the same time, head coach Roberto Mancini has called up Como midfielder Samuele Ricci, who will join the group in the coming hours.

The squad:

Goalkeepers: Marco Carnesecchi (Atalanta), Gianluigi Donnarumma (Manchester City), Massimo Pessina (Bologna), Guglielmo Vicario (Juventus).

Defenders: Honest Ahanor (Crystal Palace), Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Riccardo Calafiori (Arsenal), Diego Coppola (Paris FC), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Federico Dimarco (Inter), Daniele Ghilardi (Roma), Michael Kayode (Brentford), Eddy Kouadio (Monza), Gianluca Mancini (Roma), Giorgio Scalvini (Atalanta).

Midfielders: Nicolò Barella (Inter), Issa Doumbia (Sporting CP), Nicolò Fagioli (Fiorentina), Davide Frattesi (Lazio), Rolando Mandragora (Torino), Samuele Ricci (Como), Alessandro Romano (Cagliari), Sandro Tonali (Tottenham).

Forwards: Nicolò Cambiaghi (Bologna), Francesco Pio Esposito (Inter), Sebastiano Esposito (Sassuolo), Samuele Inacio (Borussia Dortmund), Moise Kean (Como), Daniel Maldini (Cagliari), Giacomo Raspadori (Atalanta), Gianluca Scamacca (Atalanta), Antonio Vergara (Napoli), Nicolò Zaniolo (Udinese), Mohamed Alì Zoma (Nuremberg).

– Photo Ipa Agency –

(ITALPRESS).

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