Four years after his goals propelled Italy into the European Championship final, Mario Balotelli won't even get a chance to play in this year's tournament.
As expected, Mario Balotelli was left out when Italy coach Antonio Conte named a preliminary 30-man squad for Euro 2016 on Monday May 23,2016
On loan from Liverpool,Mario Balotelli scored only one goal in 20 Serie A appearances for AC Milan this season.
Midfielder Andrea Pirlo, who is 37, was also left out, as was Sebastian Giovinco, who like Pirlo plays in Major League Soccer.
The forwards Italy coach Antonio Conte selected were likely starters Eder and Graziano Pelle plus Ciro Immobile, Lorenzo Insigne and Simone Zaza.
Italy is in Group E — one of the toughest of the tournament — with Belgium, Ireland and Sweden
30-Man Italy Squad
Goalkeepers
Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Federico Marchetti (Lazio), Salvatore Sirigu (Paris Saint-Germain)
Defenders
Davide Astori (Fiorentina), Andrea Barzagli (Juventus), Leonardo
Bonucci (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Angelo Ogbonna (West
Ham), Daniele Rugani (Juventus), Matteo Darmian (Manchester United),
Mattia De Sciglio (Milan), Davide Zappacosta (Torino)
Midfielders
Marco Benassi (Torino), Giacomo Bonaventura (Milan), Daniele De Rossi
(Roma), Alessandro Florenzi (Roma), Emanuele Giaccherini (Bologna),
Jorginho (Napoli), Riccardo Montolivo (Milan), Thiago Motta (Paris
Saint-Germain), Marco Parolo (Lazio), Stefano Sturaro (Juventus),
Antonio Candreva (Lazio)
Forwards
Eder (Inter), Ciro Immobile (Torino), Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli),
Graziano Pellè (Southampton), Simone Zaza (Juventus), Federico
Bernardeschi (Fiorentina), Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma)
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