Probable Italy formation: Dimarco absent today, Spalletti tried the 4-man defense again

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Federico Dimarco is unlikely to be available for the match against Switzerland. Struggling with a calf contusion sustained in the match against Spain, the national team full-back was deployed from the start against Croatia, but he did not seem 100% and at the start of the second half he was called back to the bench. In recent days Dimarco has continued with his recovery program, but he is still not at his best and today he also did differentiated work. Without the Inter full-back, and without a substitute with the same characteristics, Spalletti, after having insisted for several days on the three-man defense, is seriously evaluating the possibility of returning to a four-man defense. It was tested today, with Matteo Darmian replacing his teammate and Gianluca Mancini confirmed at center for the suspended Calafiori. Alessandro Bastoni should be regularly on the field, despite a bit of fever that forced him, in the first part of training today, to do some work in the gym.
For the center forward role, Gianluca Scamacca is likely to return from 1′ but Giacomo Raspadori has also been tried. Federico Chiesa will be there, Stephan El Shaarawy competes for the other place behind the first striker Lorenzo Pellegrini. In the middle of the field together with the untouchable Barella two shirts for three places: Cristante, Jorginho and Fagioli in contention.

Probable Italy lineup (4-3-2-1) – Donnarumma; Di Lorenzo, Mancini, Bastoni, Darmian; Cristante, Fagioli (Jorginho), Barella; Church, Pellegrini (El Shaarawy); Scamacca (Raspadori). Technical Commissioner: Luciano Spalletti.

2024-06-28 12:45:00
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