Italy is set and ready
Gianluca Scamacca has played his way into Italy’s provisional squad for Euro 2024 after a phenomenal end to the season, as coach Luciano Spalletti announced on Thursday his provisional squad for Germany .
Striker Scamacca was picked by Spalletti after scoring 11 goals and setting up four more in all competitions since the start of March, helping Atalanta to their historic Europa League triumph on Wednesday.
The 25-year-old had been dropped for Italy’s March friendlies with Venezuela and Ecuador by Spalletti, who railed against footballers “playing on the PlayStation until four in the morning,” a comment widely interpreted as being directed at Scamacca.
Spalletti has selected the in-form Scamacca in an attempt to resolve Italy’s long-standing problem of finding reliable strikers.
Inconsistent Ciro Immobile, one of the pivotal figures in Italy’s Euro triumph three years ago, has been dropped.
Should Scamacca lead the line for Italy, he will play alongside Juventus star Federico Chiesa, whose teammate Nicolo Fagioli is a surprise inclusion among the midfielders after missing almost the entire season.
Fagioli made his first Juventus appearance since October on Monday, following his seven-month ban for gambling on football matches.
The betting scandal cost Newscastle United midfielder Sandro Tonali his place on the plane for the Euro, which starts on June 14.
Fagioli is one of a number of younger players who have replaced veterans of the last Euro victory, like former Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Marco Verratti, who moved to Al-Arabi in Quatar last summer.
Verratti has never been called up by Spalletti since he replaced Roberto Mancini in August last year.
Manuel Locatelli earned himself a move to Juventus from Sassuolo by impressing at the last Euro but was also dropped by Spalletti, the midfielder expressing his dismay by posting a black screen on Instagram.
Other big names from three years ago, when Italy beat England in a dramatic Wembley final, who won’t travel to Germany include retired captain Giorgio Chiellini, his centre-back partner Leonardo Bonucci, and winger Lorenzo Insigne.
On June 6, Spalletti will announce his final squad, which will face Spain ,Croatia, and Albania in Group B.
Italy plays Turkey and Bosnia and Herzegovina in pre-tournament friendlies early next month.
Provisional Italy squad:
Goalkeepers: Gianluingi Donarumma (Paris Saint-Germain/FRA),Alex Maret (Napoli), Ivan Provedel (Lazio),Gugliemo Vicario (Tottenham/ENG)
Defenders:Francesco Acerbi (Inter Milan),Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan),Raoul Ballanova (Torino), Alesandro Buogiomo (Torino), Ricacardo Calafiori (Bolonga), Andra Cambaiso (Juventus), Matteo Darmain (Inter Milan),Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan), Gianluca Mancini (Roma), Giorgio Scalvini (Atalanta)
Midfielders: Nicolo Barella (Inter Milan), Bryan Cristante (Roma), Nicolo Fagioli (Juventus), Michel Flolorunsho (Verona), Davide Frattesi (Inter Milan), Jorginho (Arsenal/ENG), Lorenzo Pallegrini (Roma), Samuel Ricci (Torino)
Forwards: Federico Chiesa (Juventus),Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma), Riccardo Qrsolini (Bologna),Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli), Mateo Retegui (Genoa), Gianluca Scamacca (Atalanta), mattia Zaccagni (Lazio)
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