Mancini: few lineup doubts for France, Kean still in question

The Italy coach expects to make fewer changes than against Bursa, with Kean's fitness the main thing to resolve before kick-off at the Stade de France.

by Gennaro SanninoFriday 2 October, 08:26 CET· 3 hours ago

Mancini — Foto: truenumbers.it

Roberto Mancini previewed France-Italy, Italy's third Nations League game, at the Stade de France. "It will be a great match against a great team, we want to make a good impression," he said, adding: "You never play to avoid winning. I have few lineup doubts, we'll assess at the last training session. We'll change less than against Bursa, but we will change something."

Mancini has more than one attacking shootout open — "Pio or Kean? There's also Scamacca" — and left the door open to Tonali as the deep-lying playmaker. On the striker's fitness: "Kean has a slight physical problem, we're assessing him."

Giovanni Di Lorenzo and Antonio Vergara are the only two Napoli players in Italy's squad. The captain and the midfielder will join up with Napoli at Castel Volturno (the training ground) after the international break, with Allegri's side already working on the Frosinone match on Saturday 10 October at the Maradona — the game that must turn around Napoli's worst league start in the last ten years.