Italy's national team manager Vincenzo Vicentini announced the latest 35-member squad, and the most notable one is Balodieri, who was selected for the first time after 3 years, and no wonder he is regarded as the savior of Italy's bid to reach the final week of the FIFA World Cup.
Balodili has been reborn after joining Turkish team Demir this season, scoring 7 goals and 2 assists in 18 matches, which moved Vincenzo, who has been abandoning him, to call him back.
The last time Balodili was elected to the Italian army was in September 2018, he was calm and relaxed about being called back to the team: I'm in a good mood, it's normal to play for the national team at the age of 31, it's not normal not to be elected, I don't know why the team has to play the play-offs, but sometimes it happens.
Balodili scored 14 goals in 36 appearances for Italy, the most impressive being 3 goals in the 2012 European Cup, which helped the team reach the final, but unfortunately lost to Spain.
