For the first time since 1994, there will be no Juventus players in the Italian national team

Today, on March 23, the Italian national team will take on England in Naples in the first round of the 2024 European Championship qualifying tournament. For the first time since 1994, the Italian national team will not include a single Juventus player.

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The only representative of the Turin club on Roberto Mancini's expanded list to prepare for the matches against England and Malta was experienced defender Leonardo Bonucci. Already during the preparation for the matches, it turned out that the 35-year-old had not fully recovered from the injury he sustained in the match of the 26th round of Serie A against Sampdoria (4:2). It was decided that the footballer would attend the stadium in Naples as a spectator and then return to Turin to complete his treatment, according to the website of journalist Gianluca Di Marzio.