Italy’s first training session of the international window took place today at Coverciano as the Azzurri prepared for Wednesday’s friendly against Estonia at Florence’s Stadio Artemio Franchi and two Nations League fixtures against Poland and Bosnia.

19 players took part in the afternoon’s session, which was led by Alberico Evani. Evani will also lead the team on Wednesday night after head coach Roberto Mancini was placed into self-isolation due to a positive COVID-19 test. Bastoni, Belotti, Bernardeschi, Calabria, Cragno, Di Lorenzo, El Shaarawy, Emerson, Gagliardini, Grifo, Lasagna, Orsolini, Pellegri, Luca Pellegrini, Pessina, Sirigu, Soriano, Tonali and Zaccagni all trained at the Federal Technical Centre. A further eleven players are due to arrive at Covderciano tomorrow: Berardi, Bonucci, Chiesa, Donnarumma, Ferrari, Florenzi, Insigne, Jorginho, Kean, Locatelli and Meret.

Criscito and Caputo were forced to withdraw from the squad: the Genoa defender has left the camp, while the Sassuolo striker was unable to join the team. Ten players remain in self-isolation: Acerbi, Barella, Biraghi, Castrovilli, Cristante, D’Ambrosio, Immobile, Mancini, Lorenzo Pellegrini and Spinazzola.

Squad list

Goalkeepers: Alessio Cragno (Cagliari), Gianluigi Donnarumma (AC Milan)**, Alex Meret (Napoli)**, Salvatore Sirigu (Torino);

Defenders: Francesco Acerbi (Lazio)*, Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina)*, Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus)**, Davide Calabria (Milan), Domenico Criscito (Genoa)*, Danilo D’Ambrosio (Inter)*, Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Emerson Palmieri Dos Santos (Chelsea), Alessandro Florenzi (Paris Saint-Germain)**, Gianluca Mancini (Roma)*, Luca Pellegrini (Genoa)*, Alessio Romagnoli (AC Milan), Leonardo Spinazzola (Roma)*,

Midfielders: Nicolò Barella (Inter)*, Gaetano Castrovilli (Fiorentina)*, Bryan Cristante (Roma)*, Roberto Gagliardini (Inter)*, Frello Jorge Luiz Jorginho (Chelsea), Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo)*, Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma)*, Matteo Pessina (Atalanta), Roberto Soriano (Bologna), Sandro Tonali (AC Milan);

Forwards: Andrea Belotti (Torino), Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo)*, Federico Bernardeschi (Juventus), Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo)*, Federico Chiesa (Juventus)**, Stephan El Shaarawy (Shanghai Shenua), Vincenzo Grifo (SC Freiburg), Ciro Immobile (Lazio)*, Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli)**, Moise Bioty Kean (Paris Saint-Germain)**, Kevin Lasagna (Udinese), Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), Pietro Pellegri (AS Monaco);

* will only join up with the squad after receiving permission from the relevant health authorities

**will join the training camp by 22:00 CET on Tuesday 10 November

Schedule (all times CET)

Sunday 8 November
Meet-up at the Federal Technical Centre in Coverciano

Monday 9 November
11:00 – Training at the Federal Technical Centre in Coverciano

Tuesday 10 November
14:30 – Press conference (Head Coach and a player) at the Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence
17:45 – Estonia press conference (Head Coach and player) at the Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence
18:15 – Italy training session at the Federal Technical Centre in Coverciano
18:30 –Estonia training session (media access for the first 15 minutes) at the Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence

Wednesday 11 November
20:45 – ITALY vs. Estonia (media duties after the match)

Thursday 12 November
15:30 – Training (behind closed doors) at the Federal Technical Centre in Coverciano

Friday 13 November
13:45 – Press event (players) in the auditorium of the Federal Technical Centre in Coverciano

16:00 – Training (behind closed doors) at the Federal Technical Centre in Coverciano

Saturday 14 November
11:30 – Journey from Florence to Reggio Emilia
16:30 – Poland press conference at the Stadio Città del Tricolore in Reggio Emilia
17:00 – Poland training session (media access for the first 15 minutes) at the Stadio Città del Tricolore in Reggio Emilia
18:00 – Italy press conference at the Stadio Città del Tricolore in Reggio Emilia
18:30 – Italy training session (media access for the first 15 minutes) at the Stadio Città del Tricolore in Reggio Emilia

Sunday 15 November
20:45 – ITALY vs. Poland (post-match press event and subsequent return to the Federal Technical Centre in Coverciano

Monday 16 November
16:30 – Training session (behind closed doors) at the Federal Technical Centre in Coverciano

Tuesday 17 November
10:45 – Journey from Florence to Sarajevo
16:30 – Bosnia & Herzegovina press conference at the Grbavica Stadium in Sarajevo
17:00 –Bosnia & Herzegovina training session (media access for the first 15 minutes) at the Grbavica Stadium in Sarajevo
17:30 – Italy press conference at the Grbavica Stadium in Sarajevo
18:00 – Italy training session (media access for the first 15 minutes) at the Grbavica Stadium in Sarajevo

Wednesday 18 November
20:45 – Bosnia & Herzegovina vs. ITALY post-match press event and subsequent return to Italy