Sports News | Italy Asks to Replace Injured Pellegrini with Castrovilli
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. Italy asked UEFA for permission to replace injured midfielder Lorenzo Pellegrini with Gaetano Castrovilli on Thursday, a day before facing Turkey in the European Championship's opening match.
Rome, Jun 10 (AP) Italy asked UEFA for permission to replace injured midfielder Lorenzo Pellegrini with Gaetano Castrovilli on Thursday, a day before facing Turkey in the European Championship's opening match.
Pellegrini re-aggravated an injury to his left thigh that kept him out of two recent warmup games for Euro 2020.
Teams can replace injured players in their 26-man squads until 24 hours before kickoff of their opening game; and injured goalkeepers at any time.
Pellegrini was not expected to be a starter.
Italy enters the tournament opener on a 27-match unbeaten run. (AP)
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