The two sides come into this one on the back of two victories. For Poland, an opening defeat was followed by an impressive 2-1 away win against Bosnia and Hertzegovina and a 5-1 thumping of Finland in a Wednesday night friendly. The Eagles, who sit third in the table, will be confident they can get the victory tonight.
Their opponents are the current table-toppers who sit just a point clear in what is sure to be a tight Group 1 League A. Having drawn with Bosnia and Hertzegovina in their competition opener, Roberto Mancini’s side recorded a 1-0 victory over the Netherlands before dishing out a ‘friendly’ hammering of their own, beating Moldova 6-0 on Wednesday night. It’s a mouth-watering game we have in store and the team news is next.
POLAND (4-2-3-1): Lukasz Fabianski; Tomasz Kedziora, Sebastian Walukiewicz, Kamil Glik, Bartosz Bereszynski; Grzegorz Krychowiak, Jakub Moder; Kamil Jozwiak, Sebastian Szymanski, Mateusz Klich; Robert Lewandowski.
POLAND SUBS: Lukasz Skorupski, Pawel Bochniewicz, Karol Linetty, Arkadiusz Reca, Michal Karbownik, Jacek Goralski, Damian Kadzior, Kamil Grosicki, Wojciech Szczesny, Krzysztof Piatek, Arkadiusz Milik, Alan Czerwinski.
ITALY (4-3-3): Gianluigi Donnarumma; Alessandro Florenzi, Leonardo Bonucci, Francesco Acerbi, Emerson; Marco Verratti, Nicolo Barella, Jorginho; Andrea Belotti, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Federico Chiesa.
ITALY SUBS: Moise Kean, Salvatore Sirigu, Manuel Locatelli, Domenico Berardi, Bryan Cristante, Francesco Caputo, Danilo D’Ambrosio, Stefano Sensi, Alessio Cragno, Leonardo Spinazzola, Ciro Immobile, Giorgio Chiellini.
A massive six changes for the hosts from the team that beat Bosnia and Hertzegovina. At the back Jan Bednarek and Maciej Rybus lose their places with Walukiewicz and Bereszynski coming in while Goralski drops to the bench in place of Moder in the midfield. Piotr Zielinski tested positive for the coronavirus so Klich replaces him and Grosicki is named on the bench despite scoring three of Poland's five goals against Finland. Up top Lewandowski is back after missing the September internationals for the Champions League.
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Both managers have rung the changes. Seven for Italy which includes three at the back. Chiellini, D'Ambrosio and Spinazzola drop to the bench while Zaniolo and Insigne miss out through injury. Belotti, Pellegrini and Chiesa lead the line for the Azzurri.
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