Uefa Nations League: Italy squad reduce to 28 players

Italy squad for UEFA Nations League matches against Poland and Bosnia and Herzegovina has been cut down from 41 to 28 players.

Italy Head Coach Roberto Mancini and his players. Photo: Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images

The match between Italy and Poland will take place at the Stadio Città del Tricolore on Sunday 15 at 20:45.

There has been controversy caused by Head Coach Roberto Mancini after he called up 41 players for the three games over international duty, including Wednesday's friendly 4-0 victory over Estonia.

Football-italia says, over the course of the last few days, players have left due to injury, COVID-19 tests or some who were self-isolating and not given the all-clear in time to play.

Today, the latest to be cut from the squad are Cristiano Biraghi, Gaetano Castrovilli, Federico Chiesa, Ciro Immobile and Leonardo Bonucci, who have all been sent back to their clubs or told not to make the trip.

In truth, only 27 remain from the original 41, as Stefano Okaka of Udinese was added later to fill the gaps.

See Italy Squad (28 players) ⬇

Italy Squad

Goalkeepers

Alessio Cragno (Cagliari)
Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan)
Alex Meret (Napoli)
Salvatore Sirigu (Torino)

Defenders

Francesco Acerbi (Lazio)
Alessandro Bastoni (Inter)
Davide Calabria (Milan)
Danilo D’Ambrosio (Inter)
Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli)
Emerson Palmieri (Chelsea)
Gian Marco Ferrari (Sassuolo)
Alessandro Florenzi (PSG)
Luca Pellegrini (Genoa)
Alessio Romagnoli (Milan)

Midfielders

Nicolò Barella (Inter)
Jorginho (Chelsea)
Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo)
Matteo Pessina (Atalanta)
Roberto Soriano (Bologna)
Sandro Tonali (Milan)

Forwards

Andrea Belotti (Torino)
Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo)
Federico Bernardeschi (Juventus)
Stephan El Shaarawy (Shanghai Shenhua)
Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli)
Kevin Lasagna (Udinese)
Stefano Okaka (Udinese)
Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna)