Italy is facing this Euro with a 100% winning performance in their Qualification matches. Italy scored a record 9 goals in their last qualification match. Italy is one of the favorites for this tournament with their impressive run in the qualification.
Group A fixtures
Date |
Time ( Maldives) |
Details |
Venue |
11th June 2021 |
00:00 |
Turkey vs Italy |
Rome |
16th June 2021 |
00:00 |
Italy vs Switzerland |
Rome |
20th June 2021 |
21:00 |
Italy vs Wales |
Rome |
Qualifying
Italy’s performance in qualification round for Euro 2020 was exceptional. Italy was in Group with Finland, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Armenia and Liechtenstein. Italy won all the 10 matches they played during the qualification. Andrea Belotti was named the top scorer with 5 goals in the qualification.
Coach: Roberto Mancini
One of the best players of his generation, he is being praised for Italy’s performance so far under his leadership.
Key player:
Marco Verratti
a perfect fit for Mancini’s Game, the midfielder is the key player in this team, with a recent Knee injury he is recovering fast. It is estimated that he will be fully fit for the opening match with Turkey on 11th June 2021.
Gianluigi Donnarumma
A replacement for Gianluigi Buffon, a legend in Italy’s football. Donnarumma may be 22 years of age but he’s experience is far more than other players of that age. He have been playing first team football for years now, although he is young he is the perfect replacement for Buffon.
Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan), Alex Meret (Napoli), Salvatore Sirigu (Torino)
Defenders: Francesco Acerbi (Lazio), Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Emerson Palmieri (Chelsea), Alessandro Florenzi (Paris Saint-Germain), Leonardo Spinazzola (Roma), Rafael Toloi (Atalanta)
Midfielders: Nicolo Barella (Inter), Bryan Cristante (Roma), Frello Jorge Luiz Jorginho (Chelsea), Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), Stefano Sensi (Inter), Marco Verratti (Paris Saint-Germain)
Forwards: Andrea Belotti (Torino), Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), Federico Bernardeschi (Juventus), Federico Chiesa (Juventus), Ciro Immobile (Lazio), Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), Giacomo Raspadori (Sassuolo).