LEIPZIG, GERMANY – JUNE 24: Mattia Zaccagni of Italy celebrates with teammates after scoring his group’s first purpose to equalise in the course of the UEFA EURO 2024 group stage match between Croatia and Italy at Soccer Stadium Leipzig on June 24, 2024 in Leipzig, Germany. (Photograph by Claudio Villa/Getty Pictures for FIGC)
Whereas Riccardo Calafiori and Andrea Cambiaso pulled out of the journey to Germany, the excellent news for Italy coach Luciano Spalletti is that Mattia Zaccagni is again in coaching.
The Azzurri are making ready for the second leg of the Nations League quarter-final towards Germany, which kicks off on the Sign Iduna Park on Sunday at 19.45 GMT.
They’ve a really small likelihood of going via to the Ultimate 4, having misplaced the primary leg 2-1 at San Siro on Thursday.
Calafiori slipped within the closing minutes of that match and tore the collateral ligament in his left knee, so has been despatched again to Arsenal for additional assessments.
Cambiaso was within the stands and hoping to get well in time for the second leg, however evidently suffered a relapse and was despatched dwelling to Juventus in the present day.
Zaccagni the one enhance for Azzurri
To this point, coach Spalletti has not referred to as in any replacements, as he’s anticipated to make use of Napoli defender Alessandro Buongiorno within the centre.
There’s some optimistic information from the coaching camp, as a result of Zaccagni took half within the full session in the present day and is subsequently out there to face Germany.
The Lazio ahead would both be used on the left wing of a 3-5-2 formation or rather than Giacomo Raspadori as a help striker.
Different doable modifications embody Samuele Ricci stepping in for Nicolò Rovella in midfield and Raoul Bellanova changing Future Udogie out large.
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