Italy coach Gennaro Gattuso is making his last assessments forward of the World Cup play-off, and subsequent weekend’s Serie A conflict between Inter and Atalanta will give the Azzurri boss the prospect to carefully monitor 12 gamers who might be a part of his squad.
Serie A desk leaders Inter host Atalanta tomorrow, Saturday, March 14, at San Siro.
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Each Nerazzurri sides have a number of gamers anticipated to be a part of the Italy squad later this month, when the Azzurri will likely be concerned within the World Cup play-offs. Others are in rivalry to get a spot within the squad that Gattuso will verify subsequent week.
As reported by Il Giorno (through ), the Inter gamers whom Gattuso will carefully watch are Alessandro Bastoni, Francesco Pio Esposito, Nicolò Barella, Davide Frattesi, and Federico Dimarco.
Dimarco, Bastoni and Esposito appear to have a assured spot. Barella can be a daily within the Azzurri squad, however latest reviews have prompt that his has brought about concern for the Azzurri CT. The identical goes for Frattesi, who’s nowhere close to the Inter beginning XI.
Matteo Darmian and Francesco Acerbi are unlikely to be known as up.
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A number of Atalanta gamers additionally hope to be a part of the Azzurri squad for the World Cup play-offs.
UDINE, ITALY – OCTOBER 14: Gennaro Gattuso, Head Coach of Italy, appears to be like on previous to the FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifier match between Italy and Israel at Stadio Friuli on October 14, 2025 in Udine, Italy. (Picture by Marco Luzzani/Getty Pictures)
Giorgio Scalvini is definitely among the many candidates in defence, and so are Marco Carnesecchi, Gianluca Scamacca and Giacomo Raspadori, even when the latter is and may not get better in time.
Different Italian Atalanta gamers who acquired common enjoying time this season are Davide Zappacosta, Lorenzo Bernasconi and Raoul Bellanova.
BERGAMO, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 05: Alessandro Bastoni of Italy celebrates with teammates after scoring his staff’s fifth objective in the course of the FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifier match between Italy and Estonia at Stadio di Bergamo on September 05, 2025 in Bergamo, Italy. (Picture by Mattia Ozbot/Getty Pictures)
Italy will face Northern Eire within the semi-final play-off in Bergamo on March 26, and in the event that they progress to the ultimate, they’ll go to Wales or Bosnia and Herzegovina.