Italy coach Roberto Mancini will rotate his team for the Nations League match against the Netherlands today in a bid to reduce the risk of injury to his players.
Mancini’s side drew 1-1 at home to Bosnia on Friday and he said he was reluctant to make players play twice in four days, at the start of the new season. 
The opening Nations League matches are being played before the start of the new domestic seasons. “It’s likely we will change a lot of players,” he said. 
“Some of them have only had two training sessions and they arrived at our training camp without having played a game. It’s an anomalous situation.”
“I don’t want us to have any injuries – it’s unthinkable, for example, that a player like Stefano Sensi can play two games in four days,” he added.
Inter Milan midfielder Sensi picked up a series of injuries last season. Mancini expressed faith in Moise Kean, 20, and Nicolo Zaniolo, 21, who were dropped from his squad last year after arriving late for a training camp. 
“Both Zaniolo and Moise Kean have really matured recently and I hope they continue like that as they are on the right path,” he said. 
“They will make us and their clubs happy. Nicolo can play both as a right-sided attacking winger and in a three-man midfield, and he has enormous margin for improvement.”


Czechs call up 21 newcomers for Scotland clash
The Czech Republic yesterday announced a squad comprising 21 newcomers for today’s Nations League game against Scotland, heavily affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Czechs have had to completely reshuffle their team and staff after two backroom staff had tested positive for Covid-19 earlier this week.
Sweeper Roman Hubnik and striker Stanislav Tecl are the only players with international experience in the new team comprising solely players from the Czech top division. 
“We can’t be sure about anything, but the players who will play tomorrow are most determined to fight for the result,” stand-in coach David Holoubek told reporters.