The Italian
soccer team
, with the possible debut of Argentine nationalized Italian striker
Mateo Retegui
, will receive
England
today for the first date of Group C of the
Qualifiers for the Eurocopa in Germany 2024
.
The match will be played at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium in the city of
Naples
starting at 4:45 p.m. (Argentine time) and will be televised by the ESPN cable signal.
The qualifying phase for the Eurocup is divided into 10 groups from which the selected ones that finish located in the first and second place will classify.
The "Azzurra", defender of the European title but who failed to qualify for the last two World Cups, Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022, has as its main objective to get one of the tickets to the final phase to be played in Germany.
England, meanwhile, in the last World Cup in Qatar that Argentina won, was eliminated in the quarterfinals after losing to France (2-1).
For Group C, they will also play today: Macedonia vs Malta.
= Possible formations =
Italy
: Gianluigi Donnarumma;
Leonardo Bonucci, Rafael Tolói, Francesco Acerbi;
Emerson, Nicolo Barella, Marco Verratti, Sandro Tonali, Giovanni DiLorenzo;
Matteo Politano and Gianluca Scamacca.
DT: Roberto Mancini.
England:
Jordan Pickford;
Reece James, John Stones, Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw;
Jordan Henderson, Declan Rice, Jude Bellingham;
Bukayo Saka, Harry Kane, and Phil Foden.
DT: Gareth Southgate.
Referee:
Srdan Jovanovic
Stadium:
Diego Armando Maradona
Time:
16.45
TV:
ESPN and Star+