Italy: Gattuso shuffles the pack in the final training session: Kean partners Retegui, but without Politano and Barella

All 28 players called up for the match took part in the final training session. Politano and Bastoni, therefore, have also made a full recovery.

At the start of the session, the Azzurri began with a muscle warm-up involving a large-scale keep-away drill, followed by an 11-a-side match with rotating goalkeepers on a reduced pitch.

Gattuso has shuffled the pack somewhat with both line-ups, though the white team features almost all of the starters who played against Northern Ireland

Whites (3-5-2): rotating goalkeeper; Scalvini, Bastoni, Calafiori; Cambiaso, Frattesi, Cristante, Tonali, Dimarco; Kean, Retegui

Yellows (3-5-2): rotating goalkeeper; Mancini, Gatti, Buongiorno; Politano, Barella, Locatelli, Pisilli, Spinazzola; Raspadori, Esposito.

The Kean-Retegui strike partnership was tried out together once again, meaning the Argentine is now ahead of Pio Esposito in the pecking order. In midfield, the decision to pick Frattesi and Cristante over Barella and Locatelli stands out, but the feeling is that this was largely a tactical manoeuvre.

In defence, Mancini was not at his best and the decision to opt for another centre-back is a possibility, with Scalvini able to cover the right-back role without any issues. Finally, Politano, who did not come through the Bergamo match in the best of form, could also be rested from the start, with Cambiaso – who, however, ended up in the stands last Thursday night – taking his place.