PARIS, FRANCE- OCTOBER 02: Michael Olise of France handles Riccardo Calafiori of Italy throughout the UEFA Nations League 2026/27 group stage match in between France and Italy at Stade de France on October 02, 2026 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pauline Figuet/Getty Images)
<p>Italy are anticipated to begin Pio Esposito, Sandro Tonali, Riccardo Calafiori and Michael Kayode in the penultimate Nations League match, while France count on Michael Olise in the lack of Kylian Mbappé.
It begins at San Siro, the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milan, on Thursday at 19.45 GMT (20.45 CET).
Just the leading 2 go through from Group A1 into the quarter-finals of the Nations League, and presently France lead on 10 points, followed by Italy with 7 and Belgium on 6.
The last round will see the Azzurri and Red Devils go head-to-head in Brussels, while France host all-time low Turkiye.
Brentford right-back Kayode would appear to have actually done enough to make his area, while Arsenal’s Calafiori at left-back indicates dropping Inter guy Federico Dimarco to the bench.
An option would be moving Calafiori to main defence with Alessandro Bastoni, for that reason beginning Dimarco and sending out Giorgio Scalvini to the touchline.
Inter striker Pio Esposito is set to lead the attack, however the remainder of the spear is up in the air.
His older bro Sebastiano Esposito is the main prospect on the best side ahead of Como’s Mattia Liberali, while Nicolò Cambiaghi of Bologna would appear to be ahead of Luca Koleosho on the.
He isn’t the only one, as they have actually needed to quit on Marcus Thuram, Pierre Kalulu, Aurelien Tchouameni, Manu Koné, William Saliba, Jules Koundé, Maxence Lacroix, Ousmane Dembélé, Maghnes Akliouche and Esteban Lepaul.
It is for that reason most likely that the front 3 will be comprised of Olise, Désiré Doué and Bradley Barcola, however in which order stays to be seen.
Barcola was not initially consisted of to be a centre-forward, however may need to adjust in the scenarios.
If not, then Eli Junior Kroupi or 20-year-old late addition Senny Mayulu might be wild card options to begin as Number 9.
There is Serie A representation from Milan set Mike Maignan and Adrien Rabiot, while Como midfielder Lucas Da Cunha is anticipated to begin, although Eduardo Camavinga is waiting in the wings.
In defence, Adrien Truffert of Bournemouth is the preferred over Inter’s Andy Diouf for left-back, with either Ibrahim Konaté or Jérémy Jacquet in main defence.
PARIS, FRANCE– OCTOBER 02: Rayan Cherki of France responds along with colleague Adrien Rabiot before the UEFA Nations League 2026/27 group stage match in between France and Italy at Stade de France on October 02, 2026 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pauline Figuet/Getty Images)
France (4-3-3): Maignan; Gusto, Konaté, Upamecano, Truffert; Cherki, Da Cunha, Rabiot; Olise, Barcola, Doué
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