Report – Gattuso To Start Inter Milan Trio For Italy In FIFA World Cup Qualifier Vs Estonia | OneFootball

Inter Milan trio Alessandro Bastoni, Federico Dimarco, and Nicolo Barella will all reportedly start for Italy against Estonia.

This according to today’s print edition of Milan-based newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport, via FCInterNews.

Tomorrow, Italy will play their first match under Gennaro Gattuso as coach. The legendary former midfielder took over from Luciano Spalletti this summer.

Gattuso will take charge of Italy in a must-win World Cup qualifying clash with Estonia.

Remarkably, Italy have missed out on the last two World Cups. Therefore, missing out on a third would be all but unthinkable for the Azzurri.

Inter Trio Bastoni, Dimarco & Barella To Start For Italy Vs Estonia

TOPSHOT – Italy’s defender #23 Alessandro Bastoni celebrates scoring his team’s first goal during the UEFA Euro 2024 Group B football match between Italy and Albania at the BVB Stadion in Dortmund on June 15, 2024. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP) (Photo by FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images)

According to the Gazzetta dello Sport, Gattuso will name three Inter players in his first ever Italy starting eleven.

First of all, both Alessandro Bastoni and Federico Dimarco will start in the back four.

Bastoni will partner Arsenal’s Riccardo Calafiori in the centre of defense. Then, Dimarco will play on the left of the back four. Juventus’s Andrea Cambiasso will be on the other flank.

Furthermore, the Gazzetta report, Inter midfielder Nicolo Barella will start in midfield.

The 28-year-old will play alongside Newcastle United’s Sandro Tonali, and possibly also Manuel Locatelli.