This morning, the National Team departed for the United States on board an Airbus A330neo ITA Airways, a new generation airliner that is light, quiet and efficient and which reduces fuel consumption and CO2 emissions per seat by 25% compared to previous generation aircraft. The flight will last for eleven hours and 45 minutes, with the team set to arrive in Miami at 17:05 local time (22:05 CET).

Italy are scheduled to play friendlies against Venezuela and Ecuador in the next few days: the match against the former will take place on Thursday 21 March (22:00 CET, 17:00 local time) at the Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, the home of Inter Miami, while the game against the latter will be played on Sunday 24 March (21:00 CET, 16:00 local time) at the Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey.