Roberto Mancini is looking forward to challenging Zinedine Zidane’s France, even if he jokes Italy ‘need them all to get nasty colds to lower the level,’ while there is a Moise Kean injury concern.

It kicks off at the Stade de France in Paris on Friday at 19.45 UK time (20.45 CEST).

There was massive squad rotation between the opening 2-0 defeat to Belgium and 4-1 victory away to Turkiye , so it’s anyone’s guess what side we will see tomorrow evening.

It is also the first home fixture for Zinedine Zidane on the Bleus bench, after 1-0 wins in Turkiye and Belgium.

“Facing Zidane will be a pleasure, but this isn’t a duel between us,” assured Mancini in his press conference.

“It is going to be a great game between France and Italy teams who are still trying to figure things out. Whatever happens, I feel that this match will be very useful for the process.”

Kylian Mbappé has withdrawn from the squad due to a knee injury and returned to Real Madrid for treatment.

“France are more advanced in their process compared to us, but I think it will still be a high level challenge. It is exciting trying to beat players like Ousmane Dembélé, Michael Olise and Désiré Doué. We’d need all of them to get a nasty cold for France to drop down a few levels…