Anticipation and Predictions for Italy's Squad Ahead of the European Championship

As Luciano Spalletti finalizes the list of players called up for the two friendlies to be played in the United States against Venezuela and Ecuador, the anticipation and hype for Berlin grow. Indeed, we will have to wait until June 7 to know the names of the Italians who will fly to Germany to defend the European title won in 2021 at Wembley. In the meantime, Sisal experts have already started predicting who we can (almost) certainly see on the German pitch, with Roma and Juventus ready to bolster the Azzurri ranks: - Inter's defender and midfielder Matteo Darmian and Jorginho paired at odds of 1.02; - Fiorentina's midfielder Giacomo Bonaventura and Roma's Lorenzo Pellegrini along with Torino's defender Alessandro Buongiorno, all offered at 1.05; - Giorgio Scalvini, Atalanta's defender at 1.10; - Locatelli and Politano are at 1.20; - The Roma wildcard El Shaarawy at 1.25, - The attackers from Genoa and Atalanta, Matteo Retegui and Gianluca Scamacca, with Udogie, Tottenham's defender, matched at odds of 1.30; - Mattia Zaccagni, midfielder and striker for Lazio at 1.42; - Napoli's goalkeeper Alex Meret and Nicolò Zaniolo, midfielder and striker for Aston Villa, both quoted at 1.50; - Roma's vice-captain Gianluca Mancini at 1.65; - Juventus defender Federico Gatti with odds of 1.80; - Cambiaso, another Juventus presence at 2.00. Still, there are big doubts regarding the call-ups of the Azzurri captain Ciro Immobile (3.00), for the Granata's winger Bellanova (3.25) and for two pillars of the revelation Bologna, Riccardo Calafiori (4.00) and Riccardo Orsolini (3.50). The Monza midfielder Matteo Pessina and Lazio's goalkeeper, Provedel, both offered at odds of 2.50, could be closer to the call-up. Finally, to support his Roma teammates, Spalletti might decide to also call up Spinazzola (4.00). It will be difficult for Belotti, Bonucci, Emerson Toloi, and Verratti to defend the title won three years ago, while the hopes of seeing Azzurri players like Biraghi, Calabria, Carnesecchi, Colpani, Di Gregorio, Falcone, Gabbia, Gnonto, Grifo, Kean, Lucca, Moro, Pinamonti, and Romagnoli in the continental competition are dimming. There are still almost three months to go until the start of the European Championship, and the Mister might change the pieces of the game: therefore, we can only wait, dream of Berlin, and warm up the support!