One month and a half after the triumph at Wembley, the Azzurri are now back at Coverciano as they get back to World Cup qualifying. The Azzurri met at the Federal Technical Centre yesterday evening and will have their first training session this afternoon in preparation for games against Bulgara (Florence, Stadio Franchi, 2 September at 20:45 CEST), Switzerland (Basel, St. Jakob Park, 5 September at 20:45 CEST) and Lithuania (Reggio Emilia, Stadio del Tricolore, 8 September at 20:45 CEST).

The players involved in yesterday evening’s matches – Salernitana vs. Roma in Serie A and Reims vs. PSG in Ligue 1 – will join the group today. Lazio defender Manuel Lazzari, meanwhile, has pulled out of the squad after picking up a knock in the Biancocelesti’s match against Spezia.

Squad List

Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain), Pierluigi Gollini (Tottenham), Alex Meret (Napoli), Salvatore Sirigu (Genoa);
Defenders: Francesco Acerbi (Lazio), Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Emerson Palmieri (Lione), Alessandro Florenzi (AC Milan), Gianluca Mancini (Roma), Rafael Toloi (Atalanta);
Midfielders: Nicolò Barella (Inter), Gaetano Castrovilli (Fiorentina), Bryan Cristante (Roma), Frello Jorge Luiz Jorginho (Chelsea), Manuel Locatelli (Juventus), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), Matteo Pessina (Atalanta), Stefano Sensi (Inter), Marco Verratti (Paris Saint-Germain), Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma);
Forwards: Andrea Belotti (Torino), Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), Federico Bernardeschi (Juventus), Federico Chiesa (Juventus), Ciro Immobile (Lazio), Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), Moise Kean (Everton), Giacomo Raspadori (Sassuolo), Gianluca Scamacca (Sassuolo).

The schedule (all times CEST)

Monday 30 August
13.45 –Head Coach’s press conference at Coverciano
17.30 – Training on the 'Vittorio Pozzo' pitch at Coverciano
Tuesday 31 August
13.45 – FIGC-LAPS Foundation press conference at Coverciano
14.00 – Player press conference at Coverciano
17.30 - Training on the 'Vittorio Pozzo' pitch at Coverciano
Wednesday 1 September
17.30 – Italy press conference at Coverciano
18.00 – Team training on the 'Vittorio Pozzo' pitch at Coverciano

19.30 – Bulgaria press conference at the Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence
20.00 – Bulgaria training at Stadio Artemio Franchi (open for first 15 minutes)
Thursday 2 September
20.45 – ITALY vs. Bulgaria (Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence). Media duties and return to Coverciano following the game.
Friday 3 September
11.30 – Training on the 'Vittorio Pozzo' pitch at Coverciano
Saturday 4 September
10.00 – Swiss press conference at St. Jacob Park in Basel
11.00 – Swiss training at the St. Jacob Park in Basel (open for first 15 minutes)
11.00 – Transfer Florence - Basel
17.30 – ITALY press conference at St. Jacob Park in Basel
18.00 – ITALY training at St. Jacob Park in Basel (open for first 15 minutes)
Sunday 5 September
20.45 – Switzerland vs. ITALY (St. Jacob Park). Media duties following the game
Monday 6 September
11.30 – Training at the C.S. Basel (closed)
18.00 – Transfer Basel - Reggio Emilia
Tuesday 7 September
16.45 – ITALY press conference at the 'Città del Tricolore' stadium
17.15 – ITALY training at the 'Città del Tricolore' stadium (open for first 15 minutes)
18.15 –Lithuania press conference at the ‘Città del Tricolore’ stadium
18.45 - Lithuania training at the 'Città del Tricolore' stadium (open for first 15 minutes)
Wednesday 8 September
20.45 – ITALY vs. Lithuania ('Città del Tricolore' stadium). Media duties after the match, then the return of players and staff to their respective clubs.

INFO: Access procedures for the Federation Technical Centre in Coverciano and the stadiums

Media access is not allowed to the training sessions in Coverciano. Footage of the first 15 minutes will be produced and distributed live by the FIGC (with technical costs borne by the applicant, info: m.reale@figc.it), to the holder of the audiovisual rights and to the other applicants at the end of the session. Access to the press conference is limited to a small number of journalists (the presence of operators and photographers is not required), with social distancing and masks obligatory; accredited participants will also be sent a link to watch it remotely (Zoom). The footage will in any case be produced and distributed live to the holder of the audiovisual rights and at the end of the event to the other applicants (with technical costs to be borne by the applicant, info: m.reale@figc.it). A selection of training and press conference photos will be made available to the media with a link on the figc.it website. Access to the Technical Centre in Coverciano, as well as to the stadiums in Florence and Reggio Emilia, is only allowed with a green pass or antigen test taken in the last 48 hours.