Italy XI vs Switzerland: Starting lineup, confirmed team news and injury latest for Euro 2024 game today

Marc Mayo

29 June 2024 at 11:04 am·1-min read

Italy XI vs Switzerland: Starting lineup, confirmed team news and injury latest for Euro 2024 game today

Italy have to cope without key defender Riccardo Calafiori as they face Switzerland in the last 16 at Euro 2024 today.

The Bologna centre-back has so far carried his impressive Serie A form into the European Championship but two bookings have landed him with an automatic one-game suspension as the knockout phase begins.

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Italy have a number of options to replace Calafiori, with Roma’s Gianluca Mancini getting the nod over Juventus’ Federico Gatti and Torino defender Alessandro Buongiorno.

Federico Chiesa’s starts to help address Italy’s lack of threat on goal, but group-stage hero Mattia Zaccagni once again has to settle for a place on the bench.

Gianluca Scamacca keeps his place, while Stephan El Shaarawy is a slightly surprise inclusion in the starting lineup out wide.

In midfield, Bryan Cristante gets the nod over Jorginho, and left-back Federico Dimarco is on the bench as he battles injury.

Starting XI: Donnarumma, Di Lorenzo, Mancini, Bastoni, Darmian, Cristante, Fagioli, Barella, Chiesa, Scamacca, El Shaarawy

Subs: Buongiorno, Gatti, Frattesi, Jorginho, Pellegrini, Raspadori, Vicario, Bellanova, Retegui, Zaccagni, Cambiaso, Folorunsho, Meret, Dimarco.

Suspended: Calafiori

Time and date: 5pm BST on Saturday June 29, 2024

Venue: Olympiastadion, Berlin

TV channel: BBC One

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