(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 30 - The Italy coach, Roberto Mancini, has called up 28 Azzurri players for the second phase of the European Championship preparatory meeting starting in June.
Compared to those called up for the first phase in Sardinia, which ended with a friendly win over San Marino 7-0, Mancini gave up on Kean, Cragno and Lazzari, among others.
Emerson Palmieri and Jorginho, involved in the Champions League final, will join the group on Tuesday 1 June.
By midnight of that day, the coach will formalize the definitive list of the 26 Italian players called up for the European Championship.
This is the list of defendants.
Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan), Alex Meret (Naples), Salvatore Sirigu (Turin). Defenders: Francesco Acerbi (Lazio), Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), * EmersonPalmieri (Chelsea), Alessandro Florenzi (Paris Saint Germain), Gianluca Mancini (Rome ), Leonardo Spinazzola (Rome), RafaelToloi (Atalanta). Midfielders: Nicolò Barella (Inter), Bryan Cristante (Rome), Jorginho (Chelsea), Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Rome), Matteo Pessina (Atalanta), Stefano Sensi (Inter), Marco Verratti (Paris SaintGermain). Forwards: Andrea Belotti (Turin), Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), Federico Bernardeschi (Juventus), Federico Chiesa (Juventus), Ciro Immobile (Lazio), Lorenzo Insigne (Naples), Matteo Politano (Naples). (HANDLE).