Mattia Liberali was in the press room at Coverciano on Tuesday after earning his first senior call-up for Italy. The 2007-born attacking winger is part of Roberto Mancini's squad for Nations League matches against France on 12 November and Belgium on 15 November. It is a quick step from youth international football to the senior setup for a player who has already settled into life at Como.
Liberali's rise at Como
Liberali moved last summer from Catanzaro to Como for €6 million, after coming through at Milan. He has already made 5 Serie A appearances this season and has a 6.65 rating in the league, which gives this call-up some real football behind it rather than just the novelty of a new face.
His European minutes have also arrived quickly. Liberali has 2 Champions League appearances this season and a 7.21 rating in those matches, so Como have been giving him a bigger stage while he learns his trade. That sort of exposure does not guarantee a senior international call-up, but it does explain why Italy have brought him into the camp now.
What comes next in the camp
Liberali said, through TuttoMercatoWeb, that he was in the press room at Coverciano and that after going through all the youth national teams, this is his first call-up to the senior national team. He will answer questions from journalists following the Azzurri before Italy face France and then Belgium.
The important detail is simple enough. Liberali is no longer just a youth name with upside, he is in the senior Italy camp now, and those two November fixtures are his first chance to turn the call-up into a place in the conversation.
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