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Italy midfielder Nicolo Barella is fit to play the defending champions’ Euro 2024 opening match against Albania on Saturday after recovering from injury. “Everything points to him being available,” coach Luciano Spalletti said in a news conference on Friday. “He completed the entire training session yesterday. Today he trained with the others and we’ll see what happens,” he added. Barella has been recently sidelined due to muscular issues. Despite entering the tournament defending their crown from 2021, Italy aren’t seen as favourites to take the trophy again, but captain Gianluigi Donnarumma …

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