Italy will face Switzerland tonight in Berlin and their starting eleven is expected to include 3 Inter Milan stars.
This will be the opening ceremony of Euro 2024 on the 16th.
For their part, the Nerazzurri will have representatives on both sides of the pitch. While Yann Sommer will be the Swiss goalkeeper, Luciano Spalletti would choose 3 Inter players.
The Azzurri coach showed the absence of Federico Dimarco. However, his replacement at left-back could be another Nerazzurri.
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport FcInterNews, Matteo Darmian will start on the left side of a four-man defence.
Thus, the flexible veteran will sign for his club mate Alessandro Bastoni, who deserves, due to the fever, to be present in the national team.
With Riccardo Calafiori serving a one-match suspension, Gianluca Mancini is the leading candidate to renew it, while Giovanni Di Lorenzo retains his right-back spot.
In the centre of the park, Inter superstar Nicolo Barella will have a leading role to play in the German capital.
The Sardinian will line up alongside Bryan Cristante and Nicolo Fagioli, who would update Jorginho as a playmaker in the middle.
Finally, in attack, Gianluca Scamacca will return to the starting 11 to lead the Azzurri’s pace.
The Atalanta star will be flanked by Juve’s Federico Chiesa and Roma’s Stephan El-Shaarawy. That would leave Lazio star Mattia Zaccagni on the bench despite his recent exploits against Croatia.
Italy most likely (4-3-3): Donnarumma; Di Lorenzo, Mancini, Bastoni, Darmian; Cristante, Fagioli, Barella; Church, Scamacca, El Shaarawy.
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