New Chelsea defender Davide Zappacosta has been called up to the Italy squad for the World Cup qualifier with Israel on Tuesday.
Italy will be without the suspended Leonardo Bonucci against Israel after he picked up a booking in Saturday’s 3-0 defeat to Spain, while Leonardo Spinazzola will also be missing following his injury at the Santiago Bernabeu.
With Italy boss Giampiero Ventura short on defensive options, he has opted to call up Zappacosta, who can play at right-back or right wing-back.
? | Davide #Zappacosta has been called up to the squad for the Israel match. He’ll be available for training in the afternoon.#Azzurri pic.twitter.com/L8xqgJ6biP
— Italy (@azzurri) September 3, 2017
Zappacosta, who joined Chelsea from Torino on Thursday, has won four caps for Italy, but has not been in the squad since March.
Italy will be looking to bounce back against Israel after Saturday’s defeat to Spain left them three points behind the Group G leaders in second place.
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