From grandparents to parents and children: another Maldini in the Italian team!

Daniel Maldinison of former player of AC Milan and the Italian team Paolo Maldinireceived its first call with the Italy for the next two Nations League games, against Belgium and Israel.

The Monza striker, last in the Italian league after six games, will become the third Maldini to wear the colors of the Nazionale if the coach Luciano Spalletti he was summoned, after his father Paul (56) and his grandfather Cesare Maldinidied in 2016.

Daniel Maldini22 years old, met at monzawhere he was loaned and then sold in the summer of AC Milanwhere his father and grandfather were captains.

Luciano Spalletti also called up three new players: Juventus goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio, AS Roma midfielder Niccolo Pisilli and AC Milan defender Matteo Gabbia, scorer of the winning goal in the derby against Inter (2-1) on September 24.

Pisilli was called up in the absence of Nicolo Barella, Inter’s star midfielder, who is suffering from a thigh strain.

Italy will host Belgium on Thursday in Rome, and Israel on October 14 in Udine.

List of Italy

Goalkeepers: Michele Di Gregorio (Juventus), Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain/FRA), Guglielmo Vicario (Tottenham Hotspur/ENG)

Defenses: Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan), Raoul Bellanova (Atalanta), Alessandro Buongiorno (Naples), Riccardo Calafiori (Arsenal/ENG), Andrea Cambiaso (Juventus), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Naples), Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan), Matteo Gabbia ( AC Milan), Caleb Okoli (Leicester City/ENG), Destiny Udogie (Tottenham Hotspur/ENG)

Midfielders: Nicolo Fagioli (Juventus), Davide Frattesi (Inter Milan), Lorenzo Pellegrini (AS Roma), Niccolo Pisilli (AS Roma), Samuele Ricci (Torino), Sandro Tonali (Newcastle United/ENG)

Faces: Moise Kean (Fiorentina), Daniel Maldini (Monza), Giacomo Raspadori (Naples), Mateo Retegui (Atalanta)