Italy-North Macedonia , there are the official squads for the first World Cup play-off in Qatar 2022 . Whoever wins will face the winner of Portugal-Turkey for one of the available seats. Mancini drew up the official list sent to UEFA for the match in Palermo.
As a result, we already know who will have to sit in the stands: some excellent names, including Zaniolo and Scamacca , who seemed to be on the launch pad. The exclusion of Belotti , who played in the European Championship, also shooting penalties in the semifinals and final, also makes noise.
Speaking of penalties, Repubblica writes that Mancini would have chosen Berardi as the starting penalty taker. Jorginho 's error against Switzerland still weighs heavily. Had he scored, we would already be at the World Cup.
Italy-North Macedonia, Mancini's excluded: Zaniolo, Belotti, Scamacca …
The first name, taken for granted, is that of Locatelli , who has just recovered from Covid. To make noise the exclusions of Zaniolo, Scamacca and Belotti in attack. The Romanist seemed to have been the extra man, also given the absence of the Church. Scamacca is the emerging center forward that many invoked, Belotti almost a starter in the European Championship won.
Also excluded are Gollini, Biraghi, Bonucci (not at their best), Luiz Felipe, Sensi and Zaccagni .
The official squad of Italy-North Macedonia
This is the list of official squads , communicated to UEFA by Mancini. The choices in attack above all make noise, where Joao Pedro and Raspadori were preferred to Scamacca and Belotti.
Goalkeepers : 14 Alessio Cragno (Cagliari), 21 Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint Germain), 1 Salvatore Sirigu (Genoa)
Defenders : 15 Francesco Acerbi (Lazio), 23 Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), 3 Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), 2 Mattia De Sciglio (Juventus), 13 Emerson Palmieri (Lyon), 16 Alessandro Florenzi (Milan), 19 Gianluca Mancini (Rome )
Midfielders : 18 Nicolò Barella (Inter), 5 Bryan Cristante (Rome), 8 Jorginho (Chelsea), 7 Lorenzo Pellegrini (Rome), 12 Matteo Pessina (Atalanta), 4 Sandro Tonali (Milan), 6 Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain )
Forwards : 11 Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), 17 Ciro Immobile (Lazio), 10 Lorenzo Insigne (Naples), 9 Joao Pedro (Cagliari), 20 Matteo Politano (Naples), 22 Giacomo Raspadori (Sassuolo).
Source: Blitz Quotidiano