Friendly: Luxembourg vs. Italy official line-ups | OneFootball

Italy give senior debuts to eight of the starting XI in this friendly with Luxembourg, including Luca Koleosho, Cher Ndour and Davide Bartesaghi, but Marco Palestra is not fully fit.

It kicks off at the Stade de Luxembourg at 19.45 UK time (20.45 CEST).

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens on the Liveblog.

EMPOLI, ITALY – MARCH 26: Silvio Baldini manager of Italy U21 looks on during the UEFA Under 21 EURO Qualifier match between Italy U21 and North Macedonia U21 at Stadio Carlo Castellani on March 26, 2026 in Empoli, Italy. (Photo by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Images)

This is the first of two matches under interim coach Silvio Baldini, who was promoted from the Under-21 side following Gennaro Gattuso’s resignation and the World Cup play-off failure.

The second will be away to Greece on Sunday evening.

He decided to call up largely uncapped and young players who are eager to show what they can do, with only really captain Gianluigi Donnarumma representing the old guard.

Of the current squad, only Donnarumma, Inter striker Francesco Pio Esposito, Roma midfielder Niccolò Pisilli and Atalanta right-back Marco Palestra already have senior caps.

CREMONA – OCTOBER 14: Marco Palestra in action during the UEFA Euro U21 Qualification match between Italy and Armenia at Stadio Giovanni Zini on October 14, 2025 in Cremona (Photo by Marco M. Mantovani/Getty Images)

The only one not starting today is Palestra, as he has a slight adductor issue, but there are debuts for Fiorentina’s Cher Ndour and Pietro Comuzzo, Paris FC forward Koleosho, and Milan left-back Bartesaghi.

Costantino Favasuli steps in at right-back for Palestra, fresh from almost securing Serie B promotion in the play-offs with Catanzaro.

An intriguing one to watch is Borussia Monchengladbach midfielder Fabio Chiarodia, plus Sassuolo midfielder and Under-21 captain Luca Lipani.

This is the 10th time the Azzurri have played Luxembourg, winning all but one of those meetings, a 1-1 draw in June 2014.

The match will be shown on Fubo in the USA, if you are in Italy, you can watch the Azzurri on Rai 1 or the Rai app.

EMPOLI – MARCH 26: Luca Lipani celebrates after scoring the team’s second goal during the UEFA Under 21 EURO Qualifier match between Italy U21 and North Macedonia U21 at Stadio Carlo Castellani on March 26, 2026 in Empoli (Photo by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Images)

Luxembourg vs. Italy line-ups

Luxembourg: Moris; Jans, Korac, Carlson, Michael Pinto; V Thill, Martins, Olesen, Moreira, Bohnert; Sinani

Luxembourg bench: Pereira, Fox, Mahmutovic, Duarte, Selimovic, Curci, Muratovic, Veiga, Goncalves, Kadamani, S Thill, Duarte

Italy: Donnarumma; Favasuli, Chiarodia, Comuzzo, Bartesaghi; Ndour, Lipani, Pisilli; Cherubini, Pio Esposito, Koleosho

Italy bench: Daffara, Palmisani, Palestra, Mane, Camarda, Reggiani, Berti, Faticanti, Fini, Ekhator, Inacio, Dagasso, Ahanor, Fortini

Ref: Kooj (NED)