Italy summons naturalized Brazilians João Pedro and Luiz Felipe for repechage

This Friday, Roberto Mancini announced Italy’s squad for the decisive play-off of the World Cup qualifiers. Naturalized Brazilians João Pedro, from Cagliari, and Luiz Felipe, from Lazio, were called up for the first time.

Chiesa, Rafael Toloi and Spinazzola are missing due to injury. Meret, Bernardeschi and Castrovilli are absent by technical choice.

Italy will face North Macedonia on March 24 and need to win to continue fighting for a place in the Cup. If he advances, he will still have to face, on the 29th, the winner of the duel between Portugal and Turkey to guarantee qualification for the World Cup.

See the complete list:

goalkeepers: Alessio Cragno (Cagliari), Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG), Pierluigi Gollini (Tottenham), Salvatore Sirigu (Genoa);
Defenders: Francesco Acerbi (Lazio), Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Naples), Emerson Palmieri (Lyon), Alessandro Florenzi (Milan), Luiz Felipe (Lazio), Gianluca Mancini (Rome);
Midfielders: Nicolò Barella (Inter), Bryan Cristante (Rome), Jorginho (Chelsea), Manuel Locatelli (Juventus), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Rome), Matteo Pessina (Atalanta), Stefano Sensi (Sampdoria), Sandro Tonali (Milan), Marco Verratti (PSG)
Attackers: Andrea Belotti (Turin), Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), Ciro Immobile (Lazio), Lorenzo Insigne (Naples), Joao Pedro (Cagliari), Matteo Politano (Naples), Giacomo Raspadori (Sassuolo), Gianluca Scamacca (Sassuolo) Mattia Zaccagni ( Lazio), Nicolò Zaniolo (Rome)

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The semifinal against the #NorthMacedonia ???????? will be held on Thursday 24 March, at 8.45 pm, at the ‘Renzo Barbera’ stadium in #Palermo

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– Italian National ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@Azzurri) March 18, 2022