After the away successes against the world vice champions France and Israel, the national team resumes its journey in the Nations League with the first two home matches of the season: Thursday 10 October (8.45pm, live on Rai 1) at the Olympic Stadium in Roma will face Belgium, while on Monday 14 October (8.45pm, live on Rai 1) the ‘Friuli’ Stadium in Udine will host the match against Israel. The objective is to confirm themselves at the top of the standings and secure qualification for the quarter-finals with two more victories. Coach Luciano Spalletti has called up 23 players, four making their first call to the national team: the Juventus goalkeeper Michele Di Gregoriothe Milan defender Matteo Gabbiathe Roma midfielder Niccolo Pisilli and the Monza striker Daniel Maldini. Over 22 years after the last presence of Pope Paolo (18 June 2022) and 61 years after grandfather Cesare, a Maldini returns to wear the blue shirt.
The national team will meet on Sunday in Coverciano and on the afternoon of Wednesday 9 October it will move to Rome to return to the Federal Technical Center on Thursday night. The transfer to Udine on Sunday, on the eve of the match against Israel. For Spalletti, a journey in reverse compared to the one he made in 2005, when he moved from Udinese to Roma, two intense experiences in his coaching career.