Marco Verratti, PSG midfielder, left the concentration with the Italian team on Monday due to some discomfort after the match against Olympique de Lyon on Sunday, while his compatriots Sandro Tonali (Milan), Lorenzo Pellegrini ( Roma) and Mateo Politano (Naples) will be examined these days to see their physical condition.
This was announced this Monday by the ‘azzurro’ coach, Roberto Mancini, in the press conference before the Nations League matches against England -Friday 23-, at the San Siro stadium and against Hungary -Monday the 26th-, at the Puskas Arena (Budapest).
“Verratti can’t do it, he got hit and he’s going home. I think Tonali isn’t a big problem, Pellegrini will be evaluated between today and tomorrow. Politano is doing quite well,” said the coach in Coverciano (Florence), the usual area for Italian concentration.
Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo) will be called up to replace the PSG midfielder.
Spinazzola and Insigne, other casualties
Mancini also explained that the absence of Leonardo Spinazzola was at the request of the Roma player himself for not feeling well and wanting to “train for two more weeks”, and that of Lorenzo Insigne (Toronto FC) for “a very problematic of the family. terrible” after his wife lost the baby she was expecting.
The pass is at stake in the final stage
Group 3 of the Nations League is led by Hungary with seven points ahead of Germany (6), Italy (5) and England (2). Mancini believes that the group is “open” and anyone can go to the Final Four, with only one of the teams having access.
“The result will be important, this is a group where he can still pass anyone. We have to try to win both games to try to get ahead,” said Mancini, who also sees a problem in the fact that there are not too many forwards in Serie A Italians.
“Unfortunately, the big teams have had many foreign strikers for a long time. The only one around is Immobile. Hopefully this is not an irreversible process and soon 2-3 striker can emerge who can give the team the future. This is not such a small problem,” said Mancini.
Source: La Verdad
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