Lazio’s Motta and Dortmund starlet Inacio set for Italy call-up from Baldini | OneFootball

Interim Italy coach Silvio Baldini is set to name a largely experimental squad for June’s friendly matches against Greece and Luxembourg, with Lazio goalkeeper Edoardo Motta and Borussia Dortmund teenager Samuele Inacio among those under consideration for surprise call-ups.

Italy will take to the field without the majority of the senior players who failed to qualify for the World Cup, with the exception of captain Gianluigi Donnarumma, who has volunteered to lead a squad drawn almost entirely from Baldini’s Under-21 pool.

According to Goal, the confirmed core includes Kayode, Bartesaghi, Ahanor, Ndour, Casadei, Koleosho, Palestra, Pisilli and Francesco Pio Esposito.

DORTMUND, GERMANY – MAY 08: Samuele Inacio of Borussia Dortmund celebrates scoring his team’s third goal during the Bundesliga match between Borussia Dortmund and Eintracht Frankfurt at Signal Iduna Park on May 08, 2026 in Dortmund, Germany. (Photo by Leon Kügeler/Getty Images)

Inacio’s senior debut for Italy could come before Under-21 call-up as father reveals World Cup dream

Motta’s potential inclusion is subject to a fitness check, with the Lazio stopper having missed the club’s final two matches of the season against Roma and Pisa due to a hamstring problem.

Should he be passed fit, he would compete alongside Palmisani and Daffara, both standout performers in Serie B this season.

The more eye-catching potential selection is Inacio.

The 18-year-old son of former Italian striker Inacio Pià has never been called up to the senior squad, and remarkably has not featured for the Under-21s either despite progressing through every age group from Under-15 to Under-19.

Having recently broken into Borussia Dortmund’s first team, scoring his first professional goal against Eintracht Frankfurt, and renewed his contract until 2029, a senior call-up would leapfrog him past the youth ranks entirely.

His father made his son’s allegiances clear. “He feels 100% Italian,” Pià told Tuttosport. “He dreams of winning the World Cup with the Azzurri shirt. He has never seen Italy play in a World Cup finals. We are all very sad about that.”