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

Interim Italy coach Silvio Baldini is set to name an experimental squad for June friendlies against Greece and Luxembourg, with Lazio goalkeeper Edoardo Motta and Borussia Dortmund teenager Samuele Inacio under consideration for surprise call-ups.

Italy will take to the field without most of the senior players who failed to reach the World Cup. Captain Gianluigi Donnarumma has volunteered to lead a group drawn largely from Baldini’s Under-21 pool.

Motta’s inclusion depends on a fitness check after a hamstring issue that kept him out of Lazio’s final two games, against Roma and Pisa. If cleared, he would compete with Palmisani and Daffara, both standout performers in Serie B.

The most eye-catching possible pick is Inacio, 18, son of former Italy striker Inacio Pià. He has not been called by the seniors, and has not featured for the Under-21s despite progressing from Under-15 to Under-19.

Having recently broken into Dortmund’s first team, he scored his first professional goal against Eintracht Frankfurt and has extended his contract until 2029. A senior invitation would see him bypass the remaining youth step entirely.

“He feels 100% Italian. 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,” Pià told Tuttosport.

Source: Football Italia