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Italy have named a 31-man squad for their next two Nations League matches against France and Belgium, with several young players called up for the first time.
Fixtures and group picture
Italy host France at San Siro on Thursday, 12 November, before travelling to Belgium on Sunday, 15 November. After four matches, the Azzurri sit second in the group on seven points.
France lead with 10 points, while Belgium are third on six.
New faces in the squad
Alfadjo Cisse, Simone Lonetti, Riccardo Casano, Mattia Liberali and Luca Koleosho have all received their first senior Italy call-ups. Honest Ahanor is included again after making two friendly appearances for Italy, although he has not yet played a competitive match for the national side.
Marco Palestra also returns after recovering from injury and making his first Premier League appearances with Chelsea.
The squad also includes Gianluigi Donnarumma, Alessandro Bastoni, Riccardo Calafiori, Federico Dimarco, Nicolo Barella, Sandro Tonali and Francesco Pio Esposito.
Giovanni Di Lorenzo misses out
Giovanni Di Lorenzo is the notable omission. The Napoli defender went off at the end of the first half against Juventus in his club's latest match because of injury.