Italy coach Roberto Mancini has called up Torino midfielder Tommaso Pobiga for the first time, for the crucial matches against Switzerland and Northern Ireland in the final two rounds of European qualifying for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™.



  

The lineup of the European Champions for these two matches, scheduled for the current 12 and 15 in Rome and Belfast, respectively, included 28 players, and the name of Boubiga, the 22-year-old who plays with Torino on loan from Milan, was the only new face in a team absent Marco Verratti (Paris Saint-Germain, France). ), Matteo Pesina, Rafael Toloi (Atalanta) and Leandro Spinazola (Roma) through injuries.


Italy leads Group C with 14 points, but only with a goal difference from Switzerland. 

                

                  

Here are the players:


Goalkeepers: Alessio Cranio (Cagliari), Alex Meret (Napoli), Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain, France), Salvatore Sirigu (Genoa). 


Defenders: Francesco Acerbi (Lazio), Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan), Leonardo Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), Davide Calabera (AC Milan), Emerson Palmieri (Lyon, France), Gianluca Mancini (Rome).


Midfield: Nicolo Barilla (Inter Milan), Brian Cristante and Nicolo Zaniolo (Roma), Manuel Locatelli (Juventus), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), Tomaso Pobiga (Turin), Sandro Tonali (AC Milan), Jorginho (Chelsea, England).


Forwards: Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), Federico Bernardeschi and Federico Chiesa (Juventus), Ciro Immobile (Lazio), Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), Andrea Belotti (Turin), Giacomo Rasbadori (Sassuolo)