Atalanta defender Giorgio Scalvini is out of Italy's European Championship title defence with a knee ligament tear, the country's football federation confirmed Monday.
Scalvini will sit out the Euros after being injured during Atalanta's defeat Sunday to Fiorentina, the final match of the Serie A season which had been postponed in March.
"The tests he underwent last night showed a tear to the anterior cruciate ligament of his left knee," said the FIGC in a statement.
Scalvini, who is the second Italy defender to miss Euro 2024 in Germany after Francesco Acerbi had to drop out with a groin injury, will be replaced by Juventus' Federico Gatti.
Having to miss the Euros is a tough end for what has been a impressive season for 20-year old Scalvini, who won the Europa League with Atalanta.
Sunday's 3-2 defeat to Fiorentina was of little relevance to Atalanta who had already qualified for next season's Champions League.
It had been postponed to beyond the scheduled end of the league season when Fiorentina's general manager Giuseppe "Joe" Barone fell ill, and later died.
The rescheduling of the match had caused a headache for Serie A as Atalanta and Fiorentina reached European finals and had deep runs in the Italian Cup, leaving little room in the calendar for their extra league fixture.
Italy begin their European title defence on June 15 against Albania in Group B, where they have also been drawn with Spain and Croatia.
Luciano Spalletti's side play the first of two pre-Euros friendlies Tuesday, against Turkey, before facing Bosnia and Herzegovina at the weekend.
Updated provisional Italy squad:
Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG), Alex Meret (Napoli), Ivan Provedel (Lazio), Guglielmo Vicario (Tottenham)
Defenders: Matteo Darmian, Federico Dimarco, Alessandro Bastoni (all Inter Milan), Raoul Bellanova, Alessandro Buongiorno (both Torino), Riccardo Calafiori (Bologna), Federico Gatti, Andrea Cambiaso (both Juventus), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Gianluca Mancini (Roma)
Midfielders: Davide Frattesi, Nicolo Barella (both Inter Milan), Lorenzo Pellegrini, Bryan Cristante (both Roma), Nicolo Fagioli (Juventus), Michael Folorunsho (Verona), Jorginho (Arsenal), Samuele Ricci (Torino)
Forwards: Federico Chiesa (Juventus), Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma), Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli), Mateo Retegui (Genoa), Gianluca Scamacca (Atalanta), Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio)
