The Azzurri are on their way to Vilnius, where they’re scheduled to face Lithuania in their third World Cup qualifying match at 20:45 CEST. This afternoon, Roberto Mancini will talk to the press, after which the team will put the finishing touches to their preparations at the LFF Stadium.

The Head Coach will be without Alessandro Florenzi and Marco Verratti for the upcoming clash, with the duo having left the camp. The former was suffering from muscle fatigue and, as a precaution, won’t be travelling to Lithuania, while the latter picked up a left thigh injury during Sunday’s match against Bulgaria.

This follows on from the news that Freiburg striker Vincenzo Grifo won’t be available for the showdown in Vilnius due to current restrictions for those entering Germany from Lithuania.

Squad list

Goalkeepers: Alessio Cragno (Cagliari), Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan), Alex Meret (Napoli), Salvatore Sirigu (Torino);
Defenders: Francesco Acerbi (Lazio), Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Emerson Palmieri (Chelsea), Gian Marco Ferrari (Sassuolo), Manuel Lazzari (Lazio), Gianluca Mancini (Roma), Leonardo Spinazzola (Roma), Rafael Toloi (Atalanta);
Midfielders: Nicolò Barella (Inter), Gaetano Castrovilli (Fiorentina), Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo), Rolando Mandragora (Torino), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), Matteo Pessina (Atalanta), Matteo Ricci (Spezia), Stefano Sensi (Inter), Roberto Soriano (Bologna);
Forwards: Andrea Belotti (Torino), Federico Bernardeschi (Juventus), Federico Chiesa (Juventus), Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma), Ciro Immobile (Lazio), Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli).

Schedule

Tuesday 30 March
10:45 – Departure from Sofia to Vilnius
16:30 – Press conference – Lithuania (LFF Stadium, Vilnius)
17:00 – Training – Lithuania (first 15 minutes open to the press) (LFF Stadium, Vilnius)
17:30 – Press conference – ITALY (LFF Stadium, Vilnius)
18:00 – Training – ITALY (first 15 minutes open to the press) (LFF Stadium, Vilnius)
Wednesday 31 March
20:45 – Lithuania vs. ITALY (LFF Stadium, Vilnius). Post-match press conference followed by a return to respective clubs