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Italy national football team
Euro Champ Qualifying | Group Stage
Oct 14, 2023 at 7.45pm UK
Stadio Comunale San Nicola
Malta national football team

Italy
4 - 0
Malta

Bonaventura (22'), Berardi (45+1', 63'), Frattesi (90+3')
FT(HT: 2-0)

Mbong (44'), Yankam (53'), Apap (54')

How Italy could line up against Malta

How Italy could line up against Malta
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Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at how Italy could line up for Saturday's Euro 2024 qualifying Group C clash with Malta.

Italy head coach Luciano Spalletti is expected to deploy an experimental front three for Saturday's Euro 2024 Group C qualifier with Malta at the Stadio San Nicola in Bari.

The Azzurri have limited attacking options for matchday six, as all of Federico Chiesa, Ciro Immobile and Mattia Zaccagni are out with injuries, while Gianluca Scamacca should be spared for next week's trip to England.

In addition, Sandro Tonali and Nicolo Zaniolo have withdrawn from the camp amid allegations of illegal betting, having been the subject of an investigation from the Turin Public Prosecutor's Office.

As such, Giacomo Raspadori will likely operate at the tip of Spalletti's attack, with Moise Kean and Domenico Berardi also aiming to terrorise the leaky Malta backline.

Euro 2020 winners Marco Verratti and Jorginho are nowhere to be seen either - the same goes for Lorenzo Pellegrini - so Manuel Locatelli and Nicolo Barella will expect to hold their spots in the engine room.

Owing to his game-winning brace against Ukraine last month, Davide Frattesi could get the nod in the centre of the park again, especially with Tonali pulling out in unforeseen circumstances.

Tottenham Hotspur duo Destiny Udogie and Guglielmo Vicario represent the only two uncapped players in the squad, but the former is expected to play second fiddle to Federico Dimarco at left-back, while Gianluigi Donnarumma's spot in goal is not under any threat.

Alessandro Bastoni and Gianluca Mancini seem set to pair up in front of the Paris Saint-Germain number one, while Matteo Darmian may start at right-back, allowing Giovanni Di Lorenzo a breather.

Italy possible starting lineup: Donnarumma; Darmian, Mancini, Bastoni, Dimarco; Barella, Locatelli, Frattesi; Berardi, Raspadori, Kean

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