Mancini To Bench Inter’s Gagliardini Against Poland

Tonight, Italy are taking the field at the Silesian Stadium in Chorzow for the UEFA Nations League match against Poland. The game is already decisive for the Azzurri, who need to get a good result or face a possible relegation.

Roberto Mancini has confirmed that he will play a 4-3-3 which would not include Inter’s Roberto Gagliardini in a starting role but instead keeping him on the bench to call upon when needed. In the midfield, the favorites to start are Nicolo Barella, Marco Verratti, and Chelsea’s new signing Jorginho.

Here is the probable line up for Italy as they look to take on Poland tonight:

Italy (4-3-3): Donnarumma; Florenzi, Bonucci, Chiellini, Biraghi; Verratti, Jorginho, Barella; Bernardeschi, Insigne, Chiesa.

Inter’s midfielder has made one start for the Azzurri and that was in the previous game against Poland on match day one of the Nations League campaign. Gagliardini managed to play for 90 minutes, managing an 80% passing success rate and had the highest number of successful tackles on the pitch with five.