Gianluca Scamacca has left Coverciano, unable to recover from the inflammation in his left knee he suffered at the start of Italy's training camp. Despite this, the Atalanta striker—in agreement with his club—has remained at the Azzurri training camp these days, although he hasn't played with his teammates.
Scamacca tried, but once it was realized he wouldn't be fit enough for Monday's trip to Hungary against Israel, it was decided to return to his club. The striker, who scored in the opening match of Serie A against Pisa, is recovering from a long layoff that last season due to a torn cruciate ligament in his left knee .
Tomorrow at 8:45 pm, in Bergamo, Gennaro Gattuso's Italy will face Estonia in their third match of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers . Then on Monday, they face Israel in Hungary. Here are the updated squads .
Goalkeepers: Marco Carnesecchi (Atalanta), Gianluigi Donnarumma (Manchester City), Alex Meret (Napoli), Guglielmo Vicario (Tottenham);
Defenders: Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Raoul Bellanova (Atalanta), Riccardo Calafiori (Arsenal), Andrea Cambiaso (Juventus), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Federico Dimarco (Inter), Federico Gatti (Juventus), Giovanni Leoni (Liverpool), Gianluca Mancini (Roma);
Midfielders: Nicolò Barella (Inter), Giovanni Fabbian (Bologna), Davide Frattesi (Inter), Manuel Locatelli (Juventus), Nicolò Rovella (Lazio), Sandro Tonali (Newcastle);
Forwards: Francesco Pio Esposito (Inter), Moise Kean (Fiorentina), Daniel Maldini (Atalanta), Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), Matteo Politano (Napoli), Giacomo Raspadori (Atlético Madrid), Mateo Retegui (Al-Qadsiah), Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio).
(Unioneonline)
