Nicolo Barella and Gianluca Mancini back in Italy squad to face France in Nations League | OneFootball

According to L'Équipe, Italy have recalled Nicolo Barella and Gianluca Mancini to their 23-man squad to face France in the Nations League on Friday at 20:45. They were rested for the 4-1 win in Türkiye on Monday.

Roberto Mancini has restored two senior figures, both of whom started the 0-2 loss to Belgium last Friday.

Paris FC defender Diego Coppola remains out, having also missed the Türkiye game.

Also omitted for a second successive match are Honest Ahanor (Crystal Palace), Samuele Inacio (Borussia Dortmund), Eddy Kouadio (Monza), Massimo Pessina (Bologna), Nicolo Cambiaghi (Bologna), Daniele Ghilardi (Roma), Rolando Mandragora (Torino) and Alessandro Romano (Cagliari).

Italy are third in Group one with three points after two matchdays.

The nations last met in a 3-1 win for France.

Source: L'Équipe

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