Italy face a tricky start to their Euro 2020 qualifying campaign against Finland today.
Roberto Mancini's Azzurri squad are looking to bounce back after missing out on last summer's World Cup, when a play-off defeat to Sweden kept Italy out of the tournament for the first time since 1958.
Mancini's men start as Group J favourites as they turn their attention to the European Championship, but they must take nothing for granted.
Italy will be without Roma's Alessandro Florenzi and Fiorentina forward Federico Chiesa. Left-back Cristiano Biraghi told the national team website: "We have a difficult race ahead, but we have to win."
Finland travel to Udine on the back of topping a Nations League group that contained Hungary, Greece and Estonia, and they will look to carry on that momentum against the Italians.
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Additional reporting by the Press Association.
