This morning the head coach of the Italian National Team, Gennaro Gattuso, officially released the list of 27 players called up for the upcoming October fixtures valid for qualification to the 2026 World Cup. On the Azzurri’s calendar are matches against Estonia on October 11 in Tallinn and against Israel on October 14 in Udine.
As for Inter, once again five Nerazzurri have been called up by coach Gattuso: Bastoni, Dimarco, Barella, Frattesi, and Pio Esposito. Confidence, therefore, both in the young striker who scored his first Serie A goal against Cagliari in the last league match, and in the former Sassuolo midfielder who has not yet found much playing time at the start of this season.
These are the 27 players on Gattuso’s list:
GOALKEEPERS: Marco Carnesecchi (Atalanta), Gianluigi Donnarumma (Manchester City), Alex Meret (Napoli), Guglielmo Vicario (Tottenham);
DEFENDERS: Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Riccardo Calafiori (Arsenal), Andrea Cambiaso (Juventus), Diego Coppola (Brighton & Hove Albion), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Federico Dimarco (Inter), Matteo Gabbia (Milan), Gianluca Mancini (Roma), Destiny Udogie (Tottenham);
MIDFIELDERS: Nicolò Barella (Inter), Bryan Cristante (Roma), Davide Frattesi (Inter), Manuel Locatelli (Juventus), Hans Nicolussi Caviglia (Fiorentina), Sandro Tonali (Newcastle);
FORWARDS: Nicolò Cambiaghi (Bologna), Francesco Pio Esposito (Inter), Moise Kean (Fiorentina), Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), Matteo Politano (Napoli), Giacomo Raspadori (Atletico Madrid), Mateo Retegui (Al-Qadsiah), Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio).
