Milan Star Replaces Buffon For England Clash

Last updated : 26 March 2018 By Three Lions

England and Italy meet at Wembley on Tuesday evening with the visiting side still hurting from their failure to qualify for Russia 2018.

The Azzuri are looking to rebuild for the future and interim manager Luigi Di Biagio was encouraged by their display in defeat against Argentina in Manchester on Friday evening.

“We’re on the right path, we did some good things against the vice world champions," he said, quoted on the Football Italia website.

"I was sorry to read people saying we had no shots on goal."

Gianluigi Donnarumma will replace Gigi Buffon in goal, the AC Milan man already a veteran of over 100 appearances despite being just 19 years of age.

It will be an evening of goalkeeping changes as Jack Butland takes his turn between the England posts and attempt to re-assert his claim for the number one jersey in Russia after Jordan Pickford's worry-free evening in Amsterdam on Friday.

"At the beginning of the week that’s what we decided we were going to do, give them both a game for the experience and we’ve stuck with the plan," Gareth Southgate confirmed at his pre-match press conference, reported on the FA website.