Official: Italy squad numbers confirmed ahead of France Nations League test

Nicolo Fagioli will continue to wear the no.10 shirt for Italy when they take on France in the Nations League on Thursday evening, Pio Esposito will wear the no.9 and his brother Sebastiano will don the no.7.

The squad list and shirt numbers for Thursday’s Nations League test against France has recently been confirmed.

The Azzurri will host Les Bleus in San Siro at 19.45 this evening in the penultimate round of Nations League group stage fixtures. As things stand, France top the group on 10 points from the first four matches, Italy are in second on seven points, Belgium in third on six points and Turkey in fourth on zero.

Roberto Mancini has whittled his squad down to a matchday squad of 23, leaving six players out including Alphado Cisse and Mattia Liberali. Honest Ahanor, Matteo Palma, Federico Gatti and Niccolo Pisilli will also sit this one out.

Pre-match reports indicate that both Esposito brothers could start in attack for Italy this evening, potentially alongside Bologna’s Nicolo Cambiaghi. They have been handed squad numbers 7, 9 and 19.

Below is the full list of confirmed squad numbers for Thursday’s Nations League clash between Italy and France.

Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK)

Michael Kayode

Giorgio Scalvini

Samuele Ricci

Riccardo Calafiori

Alessandro Bastoni

Sebastiano Esposito

Sandro Tonali

Pio Esposito

Nicolo Fagioli

Federico Dimarco

Marco Carnesecchi (GK)

Guglielmo Vicario (GK)

Marco Palestra

Issa Doumbia

Davide Frattesi

Alessandro Romano

Nicolo Barella

Nicolo Cambiaghi

Gianluca Scamacca

Antonio Vergara

Daniele Ghilardi

Luca Koleosho