The soccer team of Italywith the possible debut of the Italian nationalized Argentine striker Matthew Reteguiyou will receive today England for the first date of group C of Qualifications for the Eurocup Germany 2024.
The match will be played at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium in the city of Naples starting at 16:45 (Argentina time) and will be broadcast by ESPN cable signal.
The qualifying phase for the Eurocup is divided into 10 groups from which the selected ones who finish in first and second place will be classified.
The Azzurra, who are defending the European title but failed to qualify for the last two World Cups, Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022, have the main objective of grabbing one of the tickets for the final phase which will be played in Germany.
England, on the other hand, in the last World Cup in Qatar won by Argentina, was eliminated in the quarterfinals after losing against France (2-1).
Group C will also be played today: Macedonia-Malta.
= Possible formations =
Italy: Gianluigi Donnarumma; Leonardo Bonucci, Rafael Tolói, Francesco Acerbi; Emerson, Nicolò Barella, Marco Verratti, Sandro Tonali, Giovanni Di Lorenzo; Matteo Politano and Gianluca Scamacca. DT: Roberto Mancini.
England: Jordan Pickford; Reece James, John Stones, Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw; Jordan Henderson, Declan Rice, Jude Bellingham; Bukayo Saka, Harry Kane and Phil Foden. DT: Gareth Southgate.
Referee: Srdan Jovanovic
Stadium: Diego Armando Maradona
Now: 16.45
TV: ESPN and Stella+
Source: Clarin
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