Italy national team training with Cisse as striker ahead of Nations League matches against France and Belgium, Digi Mart USA News (Coverciano, Italy): Italy trained under the rain on Monday afternoon at Coverciano, ahead of its two UEFA Nations League matches: Thursday evening in Milan against France and Sunday in Brussels against Belgium.
The squad led by Roberto Mancini ran through warm-up exercises before splitting up. Several players who started the previous day went to the weight room, while others stayed on the pitch, including Kayode, Palestra, Scalvini, debutant Palma, Gatti, Ghilardi and Ahanor.
In midfield, Tonali, Ricci and the young Cassano took turns in the central role. In attack, according to Sportmediaset, AC Milan forward Cisse, another newcomer, was deployed as the lone striker in a 4-3-3, rotating with Pio Esposito and Scamacca.
Today’s session was open to the media, while tomorrow afternoon’s session will be entirely closed to the public.
