Even amidst a midfield injury crisis there is no room for Napoli's metronome, Jorginho, who could now decide to play for Brazil instead
On Monday, Daniele De Rossi and Roma team-mate Lorenzo Pellegrini pulled out of the Italy squad due to injuries sustained during the weekend win at AC Milan.
They joined Paris Saint-Germain’s Marco Verratti on the Azzurri midfield scrapheap for the World Cup qualification double-header against Macedonia and Albania, while longer-term casualty Claudio Marchisio is also absent.
Finally, there appeared to be no reason for the Italian coach Gian Piero Ventura to ignore the most important component in Serie A’s best team.