Five Italy players are at risk of a one-match suspension if they are booked in the Nations League match against France at San Siro on Thursday.
Nations League group context and match details
Italy will be in Nations League action against France on Thursday evening. The match will take place at San Siro, with kick-off at 19.45 GMT, and it is Italy’s penultimate fixture in the Nations League group stage.
Before kick-off against France, France lead the Nations League group on 10 points after four matches, Italy are second on 7 points, Belgium are third on 6 points and Turkey are last on 0 points. Italy and France were level at 1-1 when they met in Paris.
Italy’s confirmed 23-man squad to face France
Roberto Mancini’s matchday squad of 23 players for the France match has been confirmed. Honest Ahanor, Federico Gatti, Matteo Palma, Niccolo Pisilli, Alphadjo Cisse and Mattia Liberali have been left out of the matchday squad for the France game but could still potentially feature against Belgium on Friday.
Italy’s goalkeepers in the matchday squad to face France are Gianluigi Donnarumma, Marco Carnesecchi and Guglielmo Vicario. Italy’s defenders in the matchday squad to face France are Michael Kayode, Giorgio Scalvini, Riccardo Calafiori, Alessandro Bastoni, Federico Dimarco, Marco Palestra and Daniele Ghilardi. Italy’s midfielders in the matchday squad to face France are Samuele Ricci, Sandro Tonali, Nicolò Fagioli, Issa Doumbia, Davide Frattesi, Alessandro Romano and Nicolo Barella. Italy’s forwards in the matchday squad to face France are Sebastiano Esposito, Pio Esposito, Nicolò Cambiaghi, Gianluca Scamacca, Antonio Vergara and Luca Koleosho.
Yellow card rules and Italy’s suspension risks
In the Nations League, players earn one-match suspensions for every even number of yellow cards they receive, specifically after their second, fourth and sixth bookings. Nine Italy players have been shown yellow cards during the first four Nations League group stage matches of the current campaign.
Five of the Italy players who have been booked in this Nations League campaign are in the matchday squad against France. Gianluigi Donnarumma, Alessandro Bastoni, Nicolo Fagioli, Antonio Vergara and Gianluca Scamacca are the five Italy players at risk of a one-match suspension if they are booked in the Nations League match against France.
Moise Kean, Daniel Maldini, Gianluca Mancini and Matteo Ruggeri have also been booked in this Nations League campaign but are not involved with the current Italy national team squad.
France bookings and availability
Three France players have been booked so far in this Nations League campaign. Manu Kone, Maxence Lacrois and Esteban Lepaul are the France players currently on bookings in this Nations League campaign.
None of the France players currently on bookings will be in action against Italy on Thursday.
Reporter information
Peter Young is a Senior Reporter with Football Italia.
