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Domenico Berardi to miss Italy's Euro 2016 qualifiers with undisclosed injury

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Sassuolo's Domenico Berardi will have to wait to make his Italy debut.

Berardi was forced to pull out of the Italian squad for its final two Euro 2016 qualifiers after suffering an undisclosed injury. The 21-year-old had only two days earlier received his first call-up from the senior national team.

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He sustained the injury in the warmup before Sassuolo's match against Empoli on Sunday.

"Berardi will return home as a precaution, which is disappointing for us," Italy coach Antonio Conte told reporters. "I won't be calling up a replacement."

The squad faces Azerbaijan and Norway over the next two weeks as it looks to seal direct qualification to Euro 2016. The Azzurri are currently first in Group H with 18 points.

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