After missing Friday's trip to France due to rotation, Cagliari midfielder Alessandro Romano is back in Roberto Mancini's squad for Italy vs. Turkey in the Nations League ( tonight at 8:45 PM at the Dall'Ara in Bologna ). The Rossoblu player could start, as he did in his unfortunate debut ten days ago in Rome against Belgium, in what would be his third appearance for the Azzurri (he came as a substitute in the first leg in Bursa last Monday).
Daniel Maldini is also in contention for a starting spot . Among those excluded by Mancini, in addition to Moise Kean, who left the training camp early due to an injury, are goalkeeper Massimo Pessina, defenders Diego Coppola, Daniele Ghilardi, and Eddy Kouadio, midfielders Rolando Mandragora and Samuele Ricci, and striker Mohamed Alì Zoma.
Here are Mancini's twenty-three players called up for Italy-Türkiye, with their respective shirt numbers.
Goalkeepers: 1 Gianluigi Donnarumma (Manchester City), 12 Marco Carnesecchi (Atalanta), 13 Guglielmo Vicario (Juventus);
Defenders: 2 Michael Kayode (Brentford), 3 Matteo Ruggeri (Aston Villa), 5 Riccardo Calafiori (Arsenal), 6 Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), 19 Giorgio Scalvini (Atalanta), 22 Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), 23 Gianluca Mancini (Roma);
Midfielders: 4 Alessandro Romano (Cagliari), 8 Sandro Tonali (Tottenham), 10 Nicolò Fagioli (Fiorentina), 15 Issa Doumbia (Sporting CP), 16 Davide Frattesi (Lazio), 18 Nicolò Barella (Inter), 21 Antonio Vergara (Napoli);
Forwards: 7 Nicolò Cambiaghi (Bologna), 9 Francesco Pio Esposito (Inter), 11 Gianluca Scamacca (Atalanta), 14 Samuele Inácio (Borussia Dortmund), 17 Daniel Maldini (Cagliari), 20 Sebastiano Esposito (Sassuolo).