Toloi and Ricci, first time in the National Team: the 38 blues summoned by Mancini

First blue call for Toloi and Matteo Ricci. Italy coach Roberto Mancini has published a list of 38 players for the first three qualifying matches for the 2022 World Cup, against Northern Ireland, Bulgaria and Lithuania. The news are the Atalanta defender and the Spezia midfielder. For Ricci, as for the three Inter players included in the group (Bastoni, Barella and Sensi), the presence in the selection is subject, however, to the provisions of the health authorities for the Covid emergency.

The list

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This is the list of those summoned.

Goalkeepers: Alessio Cragno (Cagliari), Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan), Alex Meret (Naples), Salvatore Sirigu (Turin).

Defenders: Francesco Acerbi (Lazio), Alessandro Bastoni (Inter) *, Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Naples), Emerson Palmieri (Chelsea), Gian Marco Ferrari (Sassuolo) , Alessandro Florenzi (Paris Saint Germain), Manuel Lazzari (Lazio), Gianluca Mancini (Rome), Leonardo Spinazzola (Rome), Rafael Toloi (Atalanta).

Midfielders: Nicolò Barella (Inter) *, Gaetano Castrovilli (Fiorentina), Bryan Cristante (Rome), Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo), Rolando Mandragora (Turin), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Rome), Matteo Pessina (Atalanta), Matteo Ricci (Spezia) *, Stefano Sensi (Inter) *, Roberto Soriano (Bologna), Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain).

Forward: Andrea Belotti (Turin), Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), Federico Bernardeschi (Juventus), Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo), Federico Chiesa (Juventus), Stephan El Shaarawy (Rome), Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg), Ciro Immobile (Lazio), Lorenzo Insigne (Naples), Moise Kean (Paris Saint Germain).

* The response to the summons of the player, currently subjected to restrictive health measures, is subject to the provisions of the competent health authorities.