Who are the 23 players called by Italy for the 2020 European Championship?

With the round 9-1 at Armenia, Italy of Roberto Mancini ended his run in the qualifying round to Europeans of 2020. A clear path for the Italian selection which allowed her to break the pass for the continental event well in advance and to beat after 80 years the record of consecutive successes that was of the World two-champion of Vittorio Pozzo. A journey without a hitch that of the blues with 10 victories in as many races, 37 goals scored (best attack like England but made them in 8 matches) and only 4 conceded (fourth best defense), which, combined with a project well defined technician, bodes well for the future.

These are the global numbers of this new Italian branded Roberto Mancini, but let's go now to see in detail who were the protagonists in the field of this triumphant ride towards the itinerant European that will start from Rome on June 12th. Before delving into the department performance by department However, we make a quick general overview of the choices made by the Italian coach in these ten qualifying rounds: 44 players called, 40 sent on the pitch, 19 of whom made their debut in qualifying competitions for an international competition and 7 again currently convenable by the Under 21.

Donnarumma and Sirigu already at the European Championship: who will be the third goalkeeper between Meret, Cragno and Gollini?

Entering even more in detail, 5 goalkeepers have been called by Roberto Mancini for the qualifying rounds, 3 are those who have played at least a minute, 2 those who are holders in at least one match. Therefore, hierarchies that seem to be defined by the 20-year-old Milan defender, Gigio Donnarumma, and the 32-year-old from Turin, Salvatore Sirigu, which also divided the holder degrees (5 presences each), to occupy the first and second goalkeeper boxes respectively, and the Cagliari, currently injured, Alessio Cragno, The Neapolitan Alex Meret and the atalanta Pierluigi Gollini (to which Mancini has granted the debut in the last two meetings with Bosnia and Armenia), to play for the last place available in the blue rose that the coach will bring to the European Championship.

Only Bonucci always present. Rebus fullbacks: in ten for 4 seats

The hierarchies, on the other hand, are less defined as regards the defense department with the sole Leonardo Bonucci to have played all ten qualifying matches. Waiting to understand when and how it will come back Giorgio Chiellini from the bad injury (breakup of the crusader) that is keeping him out now since August 30 last year, from what we saw in this last period among the power stations are the Milanista Alessio Romagnoli and the Lazio Francesco Acerbi the only two that seem to have a guaranteed place among the 23 who will go to the European Championship. The torinista Armando Izzo and the Romanist Gianluca Mancini, respectively two and three appearances in these ten matches, instead, those who have some hope but will still have to completely convince the blue coach.

Even less clarity with regards to full-backs given that Mancini in these qualifiers has sent in as many as 7 after having called 10 different players. Emerson Palmieri of Chelsea e Alessandro Florenzi of Rome, were the most used and seem at the moment in front of everyone in the ideas of the coach. The various Di Lorenzo, Piccini, D'Ambrosio is Lazzari, on the one hand, and Biraghi, Spinazzola, De Sciglio is Luca Pellegrini, on the other hand, however, they still seem to have chances from here to the end of the championship to make the Jesi coach change his mind.

Barella, Jorginho and Verratti the euro-median. Sensi, Castrovilli, Tonali and the others: 6 months to convince the Mancio

The situation in midfield was decidedly less tangled with the manager who seems to have found his own midfield with the Inter Nicolò Barella and the talent of the Psg Marco Verratti on the sides of the irreplaceable director of Chelsea and relentless rigorist Jorginho: a trio that match after match has found harmony both from a tactical and a technical point of view that will hardly make the coach change his mind. The Nerazzurri Stefano Sensi, the Giallorossi Nicolò Zaniolo (which could also cover the role of external attack), Bryan Cristante is Lorenzo Pellegrini, the very young from Brescia Sandro Tonali and the last arrived, the Florentine Gaetano Castrovilli, the others used in the rotations by Mancini and major suspects to compose the list of names among which will have to choose the other three to take with them to the Europeans.

Belotti-Immobile ballot also at the European Championship: very few chances for Kean and Balotelli

Many strikers also took the field with the blue shirt in this qualifying run. Five, however, the most used ones and which, to date, seem to start clearly ahead in the "manciniane" hierarchies: the two strikers very close to each other but in eternal balloting, that is to say Andrea Belotti is Ciro Immobile, with the grenade at the moment slightly favored on the Lazio matador in the last match against the Armenians and current Serie A top scorer, and the outsiders Federico Chiesa, Lorenzo Insigne is Federico Bernardeschi (to which, as mentioned, could also be added Nicolò Zaniolo able to adapt to the role with excellent results as shown against Armenia against which he found the first goals in the National team) that Mancini has also deployed all together in a "light" trident without a role striker.

Instead, the former Juventus player considered the head coach Moise Kean that, both for behavioral reasons and for the low impact with the Premier League after his transfer to Everton, after having played for the first time and scored in the first two games of the qualifying round, he was no longer called up to the senior national team but could still convince the technical commissioner to bring it with him from next 12 June. Perhaps only one (or even none) of the other 7 strikers called by Roberto Mancini in these qualifying matches, ie Politano, El Shaarawy, Pavoletti, Grifo, lasagna, Quagliarella is Ursu (fresh debut with goals in the match against Armenia), he will probably be part of the Italian expedition in this European. The chances for today are even lower Mario Balotelli, never summoned by Jesi throughout the qualifying phase, as well as the tip of Wolverhampton Patrick Cutrone and that of Sassuolo Domenico Berardi.