Broadcast info
Who's playing: Despite it being called a "friendly", any match between Italy and France is always a hotly contested affair. Both the Azzurri and Les Bleus will be hoping to fine-tune their squads ahead of their respective World Cup 2018 qualifiers versus Israel and Belarus later this week.
What time: Thursday, September 1st at 12:00 PST/15:00 EST/19:00 UTC/20:00 BST/21:00 CET
What stadium: This game between two of Europe's giants will be contested at the Stadio San Nicola. Located in Bari, Italy, it has a maximum capacity of 58,270.
Which channel:
- In the USA: RAI International, ESPN3 USA
- In Italy: RAI Uno
- In France: TF1
- In the UK: RAI International
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Match facts and other historical stats
- Alongside the Germany-Italy rivalry, the Italy-France rivalry is among the most famous in world football
- The Azzurri and the Bleus have met a total of 37 times. 10 resulted in draws
- France have won nine times (including spot kick shootout wins)
- Italy have won on 18 occasions (including penalty shootout victories)
- Les Bleus have not beaten Italy on Italian soil since February 16, 1994
- The last meeting between France and the Azzurri resulted in a 2-1 win for Les Bleus
Team news
Italy
This will be the first match for new coach Giampiero Ventura, who replaced the outgoing Antonio Conte earlier this summer. And the ex-Torino's selections raised some eyebrows in Italy, with some criticizing his exclusion of young Sassuolo striker Domenico Berardi. Whilst the player's recent injury wouldn't have made him eligible at this point, there are still those who were irritated with Ventura's belief that the youngster wouldn't fit into his tactical line-up.
Several other exclusions include a slew of players from Conte's Euro 2016 squad, including Thiago Motta, Simone Zaza, Stephan El Shaarway, and Emanuele Giaccherini.
One notable inclusion that generated positive buzz was that of Gianluigi Donnarumma. The 17-year-old, who has become a goalkeeping revelation for AC Milan, is the youngest ever player to be called up to the Azzurri in well over a century. However, as to whether he will receive his first senior cap in Thursday's friendly remains to be seen.
Below are Ventura's selections for Italy's upcoming warm-up versus France and their World Cup qualifier against Israel:
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France
This will be France's first game following their heartbreaking and unfortunate loss to Portugal in this summer's Euro 2016 final. Les Bleus, as hosts, had a good opportunity to make it a third Euro title - and second on home soil - but now will have to regroup ahead of their upcoming World Cup 2018 qualifying campaign. Like Italy, there are several exclusions from the Euro 2016 squad, with veteran defender Patrice Evra as well as Bacary Sagna, Christophe Jallet, Eliaquim Mangala, Kingsley Coman, and Morgan Schneiderlin all being left out for these two matches.
With skipper Hugo Lloris out due to an injury suffered earlier this season with Tottenham, Deschamps will be fielding Steve Mandanda between the posts.
Here was Deschamps's initial group for the upcoming friendly against Italy and their World Cup qualifier versus Belarus:
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However, since then, there have been several modifications, notably replacing injured trio Alexandre Lacazette, Nabil Fekir, and Yohan Cabaye with Dortmund starlet Ousmane Dembélé, Kevin Gameiro and Geoffrey Kondogbia.
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