Mancini leaves six players out of squad for France match

Italy head coach Roberto Mancini has announced his 23-man squad for the France match to be played at San Siro. 29 players had traveled to Milan, and Mancini left six of them out of the match squad.

The players sent to the stands are Honest Ahanor, Matteo Palma, Federico Gatti, Nicolò Pisilli, Alphadjo Cisse and Mattia Liberali. Several Italian outlets, including TMW, reported these names.

Cisse, Liberali and Palma are first-time national team call-ups from Mancini. All players who may take part in the match have at least one national team appearance. Palma was added to the list as a replacement for injured Roma defender Gianluca Mancini. Gatti was added to the squad on Sunday night. Udinese forward Nicolò Zaniolo had withdrawn from the squad on Tuesday for personal reasons.

According to claims from more than one source, Francesco Pio Esposito, his brother Sebastiano Esposito and Nicolò Cambiaghi will start in the attack for the starting eleven.