Luciano Spalletti has a handful of forced decisions to make in terms of his personnel when the Italy national team take on Switzerland in the EURO 2024 round of 16 on Saturday afternoon.
The match will kick off at 17.00 BST at Olympiastadion in Berlin.
The Azzurri will be without two key defenders in Riccardo Calafiori, who has picked up a yellow card suspension, and Inter wing-back Federico Dimarco, who has been ruled out with injury. Italy are expected to field Giovanni Di Lorenzo and Matteo Darmian at full-back, while Gianluca Mancini is in line to start at centre-back.
Spalletti hinted that he is still deliberating over his attacking options, as either Gianluca Scamacca or Mateo Retegui could be called upon in the starting line-up.
In terms of the midfield, there could be an opportunity for Juventus’s Nicolo Fagioli, and Roma’s Bryan Cristante has also been suggested as a possible alternative to Arsenal’s Jorginho.
In the UK, Switzerland vs Italy will be broadcast on BBC One, on iPlayer and on the BBC Sport website. Fox Sports have the broadcast rights in the United States. For Canadian viewers, TSN will be showing the match, while Optus Sports is the place to go in Australia.
As the first fixture in the EURO 2024 knockout stage, Italy vs Switzerland will go to extra time and then penalties if the scores are still level by full-time.
The eventual winner will go on to play the winner of England vs Slovakia in the quarter-finals next week.
