Italy team news: Tonali & Bastoni progress well, Palestra tested ahead of Politano

Gennaro Gattuso has received a significant pre-match boost with the majority of Italy team news trending in a positive direction ahead of Tuesday’s World Cup playoff semi-final against Northern Ireland in Bergamo, with only Gianluca Scamacca confirmed as unavailable.

According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, the most encouraging updates concern Alessandro Bastoni and Sandro Tonali.

The Inter defender, who had appeared the most doubtful after sustaining an ankle injury in the Milan derby...