Mancini's national team returns to Sardinia in view of the Nations League commitments.

The Azzurri – who will face Spain in Enschede, Holland on 15 June – will meet in Rome on 5 June and then move to the “Forte Village Resort” in Santa Margherita di Pula for a period of preparation and recovery of physical and mental energy after the commitments of the long season.

A friendly against Cagliari Primavera is also scheduled for Saturday 9 June.

For the first part of this journey towards the Nations League, coach Roberto Mancini has called up 26 players.

Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint Germain), Alex Meret (Naples), Guglielmo Vicario (Empoli);

Defenders: Federico Baschirotto (Lecce), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Alessandro Buongiorno (Turin), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Naples), Alessandro Florenzi (Milan), Federico Gatti (Juventus), Leonardo Spinazzola (Roma), Rafael Toloi (Atalanta) ;

Midfielders: Bryan Cristante (Roma), Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo), Jorginho (Arsenal), Manuel Locatelli (Juventus), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), Matteo Pessina (Monza), Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain), Nicolò Zaniolo (Galatasaray) ;

Forwards: Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), Federico Chiesa (Juventus), Wilfried Gnonto (Leeds), Ciro Immobile (Lazio), Giacomo Raspadori (Naples), Mateo Retegui (Tigre), Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio).

Nicolò Barella won't be there, who will be playing for Inter in the Champions League final against Manchester City on 10 June.

(Unioneonline/lf)

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