Milan, Sept. 27 (LaPresse) – The national team is leaving for Bursa, where tomorrow evening (9:45 p.m. local time, 8:45 p.m. Italian time – live on Rai 1) it will face Turkey at the Atatürk Spor Kompleksi in the second match of the Nations League group stage. “With the aim of managing preparations in the best possible way ahead of the matches against France in Paris and again against the Turkish national team in Bologna, and not subjecting the entire squad to a tiring trip to Turkey,” the FIGC explains, coach Roberto Mancini decided to “organize a specific training programme at the Federal Technical Centre in Coverciano for Honest Ahanor, Nicolò Barella, Diego Coppola, Samuele Inacio, Eddy Kouadio, Daniel Maldini, Gianluca Mancini, Massimo Pessina, Samuele Ricci and Mohamed Alì Zoma, making part of the technical and performance staff (Massimo Maccarone, Cristiano Lupatelli, Giulio Nuciari and Luca Bossi), as well as the medical and physiotherapy staff, available to them.”
Nations League, Mancini splits the squad: 10 Azzurri do not travel to Turkey
Milan, Sept. 27 (LaPresse) – The national team is leaving for Bursa, where tomorrow evening (9:45 p.m. local time, 8:45 p.m. Italian time – live on Rai 1) it will face Turkey at the Atatürk Spor Kompleksi in the second match of the Nations League group stage. “With the aim of managing preparations in the best possible way ahead of the matches against France in Paris and again against the Turkish national team in Bologna, and not subjecting the entire squad to a tiring trip to Turkey,” the FIGC explains, coach Roberto Mancini decided to “organize a specific training programme at the Federal Technical Centre in Coverciano for Honest Ahanor, Nicolò Barella, Diego Coppola, Samuele Inacio, Eddy Kouadio, Daniel Maldini, Gianluca Mancini, Massimo Pessina, Samuele Ricci and Mohamed Alì Zoma, making part of the technical and performance staff (Massimo Maccarone, Cristiano Lupatelli, Giulio Nuciari and Luca Bossi), as well as the medical and physiotherapy staff, available to them.”