Football, Gattuso's first call-ups: new additions Leoni, Fabbian and Pio Esposito

Rome, 29 August (LaPresse) – The national team's World Cup qualifying campaign resumes. After the first two matches played in June (a 3-0 defeat in Norway and a 2-0 win against Moldova), Italy will return to the pitch on Friday 5 September in Bergamo to face Estonia, while on Monday 8 September in Debrecen they will take on Israel. Both matches, scheduled for 8.45 p.m., will be broadcast live on Rai 1.At the Bergamo Stadium, which is close to being sold out for the Azzurri's return (over 18,000 tickets have been issued), there will be the debut of coach Gennaro Gattuso, who has called up 28 players for the training camp scheduled for Sunday 31 August at the Federal Technical Centre in Coverciano: Liverpool defender Giovanni Leoni, Bologna midfielder Giovanni Fabbian and Inter striker Francesco Pio Esposito have been called up to the senior national team for the first time, while Gianluca Mancini and Gianluca Scamacca return to the Azzurri jersey more than a year after the European Championships in Germany.