Italy give senior debuts to eight of the beginning XI on this pleasant with Luxembourg, together with , and , however will not be absolutely match.
It kicks off at at 19.45 UK time (20.45 CEST).
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EMPOLI, ITALY – MARCH 26: Silvio Baldini supervisor of Italy U21 appears to be like on through the UEFA Underneath 21 EURO Qualifier match between U21 and North Macedonia U21 at Stadio Carlo Castellani on March 26, 2026 in Empoli, Italy. (Photograph by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Photographs)
That is the primary of two matches beneath , who was promoted from the Underneath-21 facet following Gennaro Gattuso’s resignation and the World Cup play-off failure.
The second shall be away to Greece on Sunday night.
who’re keen to point out what they’ll do, with solely actually captain representing the outdated guard.
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Of the present squad, solely Donnarumma, striker , Roma midfielder Niccolò Pisilli and right-back Marco Palestra have already got senior caps.
CREMONA – OCTOBER 14: Marco Palestra in motion through the UEFA Euro U21 Qualification match between Italy and Armenia at Stadio Giovanni Zini on October 14, 2025 in Cremona (Photograph by Marco M. Mantovani/Getty Photographs)
The one one not beginning at present is Palestra, as he has a slight adductor situation, however there are debuts for ’s Cher Ndour and , ahead Koleosho, and left-back Bartesaghi.
Costantino Favasuli steps in at right-back for Palestra, recent from nearly securing Serie B promotion within the play-offs with Catanzaro.
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An intriguing one to observe is midfielder , plus midfielder and Underneath-21 captain .
That is the tenth time the Azzurri have performed Luxembourg, successful all however a kind of conferences, a 1-1 attract June 2014.
The match shall be proven on Fubo within the USA, in case you are in Italy, you’ll be able to watch the Azzurri on Rai 1 or the Rai app.
EMPOLI – MARCH 26: Luca Lipani celebrates after scoring the staff’s second objective through the UEFA Underneath 21 EURO Qualifier match between Italy U21 and North Macedonia U21 at Stadio Carlo Castellani on March 26, 2026 in Empoli (Photograph by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Photographs)
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Luxembourg vs. Italy line-ups
Luxembourg: Moris; Jans, , Carlson, ; , Martins, Olesen, Moreira, ; Sinani
Luxembourg bench: Pereira, Fox, , Duarte, Selimovic, Curci, Muratovic, , Goncalves, Kadamani, , Duarte
Italy: Donnarumma; Favasuli, Chiarodia, Comuzzo, Bartesaghi; Ndour, Lipani, ; Cherubini, Pio Esposito, Koleosho
Italy bench: , Palmisani, Palestra, Mane, , Reggiani, Berti, , Fini, Ekhator, Inacio, Dagasso, Ahanor, Fortini
Ref: Kooj (NED)