Bad news for the Squadron Azura. The European champions will have to miss out on their center forward Zero Immobile for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers against Switzerland and Northern Ireland. Tuesday. Sassuolo striker Gianluca Scomaka, who was called up by coach Roberto Mancini, will replace the team.

The Immobile package has been added to the packages of Nicolo Zaniolo, Lorenzo Pellegrini and Rafael Toloi. Also, Transalpine captain Giorgio Chillini and midfielder Nicolo Barella did not train for selection this Tuesday. Italy welcomes Switzerland on Friday (8:45 pm) at the Olympico Stadium in Rome and travels to Northern Ireland on Monday (8:45 pm). The last two days before this, Italy are top of Group C in points with Switzerland. Bulgaria is in third place, six points behind the top two. Only winner of the group will qualify directly for World 2022.