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Inter, Dimarco leaves Italy’s training camp: head coach Mancini calls up Aston Villa’s Ruggeri

UEFA Nations League A

Italy

Belgium

Goalkeepers: Marco Carnesecchi (Atalanta), Gianluigi Donnarumma (Manchester City), Massimo Pessina (Bologna), Guglielmo Vicario (Juventus); Defenders: Honest Ahanor (Crystal Palace), Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Riccardo Calafiori (Arsenal), Diego Coppola (Paris FC), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Daniele Ghilardi (Roma), Michael Kayode (Brentford), Eddy Kouadio (Monza), Gianluca Mancini (Roma), Matteo Ruggeri (Aston Villa), Giorgio Scalvini (Atalanta); Midfielders: Nicolò Barella (Inter), Issa Doumbia (Sporting CP), Nicolò Fagioli (Fiorentina), Davide Frattesi (Lazio), Rolando Mandragora (Torino), Samuele Ricci (Como), Alessandro Romano (Cagliari), Sandro Tonali (Tottenham); Forwards: Nicolò Cambiaghi (Bologna), Francesco Pio Esposito (Inter), Sebastiano Esposito (Sassuolo), Samuele Inacio (Borussia Dortmund), Moise Kean (Como), Daniel Maldini (Cagliari), Giacomo Raspadori (Atalanta), Gianluca Scamacca (Atalanta), Antonio Vergara (Napoli), Nicolò Zaniolo (Udinese), Mohamed Alì Zoma (Norimberga).

The squad selected

25 September 2026 (8.45pm): Italy v Belgium - Stadio Olimpico, Rome 28 September 2026 (8.45pm): Turkey v Italy - Ataturk Spor Kompleksi, Bursa 2 October 2026 (8.45pm): France v Italy - Stade de France, Saint-Denis 5 October 2026 (8.45pm): Italy v Turkey - Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna 12 November 2026 (8.45pm): Italy v France - Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan 15 November 2026 (8.45pm): Belgium v Italy - King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Italy's schedule in Group A1

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Second withdrawal ahead of the Nations League after Cristante’s, with Ricci replacing him.

The squad selected

Italy's schedule in Group A1

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