Sassuolo forward Raspadori gets 1st call up to Italy’s squad

<p>ROME &mdash; Sassuolo’s 21-year-old forward Giacomo Raspadori received his first call-up to Italy’s national team Monday when coach Roberto Mancini named a 33-man squad for the Azzurri’s first European Championship warmup game.</p>
<p>Italy hosts San Marino in Cagliari, Sardinia, next week for a friendly.</p>
<p>Raspadori has scored six goals in 27 Serie A matches this season.</p>
<p>Four players who are currently injured — Marco Verratti, Leonardo Spinnazola, Francesco Acerbi and Lorenzo Pellegrini — were also included in the squad.</p>
<p>Chelsea players Jorginho and Emerson were left out as they have to prepare for the Champions League final against Manchester City.</p>
<p>Italy is in a group with Turkey, Switzerland and Wales for the European Championship. The opening game of the tournament features Italy against Turkey in Rome on June 11.</p>
<p>Italy will also host the Czech Republic on June 4 in a friendly.</p>
<p>The Azzurri are on a 25-match unbeaten run.</p>
<p>SQUAD:</p>
<p>Goalkeepers: Alessio Cragno (Cagliari), Gianluigi Donnarumma (AC Milan), Alex Meret (Napoli), Salvatore Sirigu (Torino).</p>
<p>Defenders: Francesco Acerbi (Lazio), Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan), Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Alessandro Florenzi (Paris Saint-Germain), Manuel Lazzari (Lazio), Gianluca Mancini (Roma), Leonardo Spinazzola (Roma), Rafael Toloi (Atalanta).</p>
<p>Midfielders: Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan), Gaetano Castrovilli (Fiorentina), Bryan Cristante (Roma), Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), Matteo Pessina (Atalanta), Stefano Sensi (Inter), Marco Verratti (Paris Saint-Germain).</p>
<p>Forwards: Andrea Belotti (Torino), Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), Federico Bernardeschi (Juventus), Federico Chiesa (Juventus), Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg), Ciro Immobile (Lazio), Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), Moise Kean (Paris Saint-Germain), Matteo Politano (Napoli), Giacomo Raspadori (Sassuolo).</p>
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