The average height of the Italy outfield starting line-up in the friendly against Ukraine is 1.77m (5ft 8in).
The front three is particularly short, as Lorenzo Insigne is 1.63m tall, Federico Chiesa 1.75 and Federico Bernardeschi ruins the average at 1.83m.
The Azzurri midfield keeps things brief with Marco Verratti standing at 1.65m, debutant Nicolò Barella 1.72m and Jorginho 1.80m.
Only the defence boasts some particularly tall figures, ruined slightly by Alessandro Florenzi at 1.73m.
Leonardo Bonucci (1.90m), Giorgio Chiellini (1.87m) and Cristiano Biraghi (1.84m) are all over 6ft.
Goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma towers over everyone at 1.96m.
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yizabkpuz
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I have said it before and I will repeat saying it again and again, what Italy need now is a quality top coach to get-out from this embarrassing, let them look for foreign coach, this is the major reason the team can't play good football and getting good results
stenco2017
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This may seem funny, but height was a very huge problem when Italy was eliminated by Sweden at the qualifiers for World Cup.
those Sweden players heights were scaring they benefitted from their height advantage..
ficcdkorsu
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This article is funny..So basically Italian players are short.
This may seem funny, but height was a very huge problem when Italy was eliminated by Sweden at the qualifiers for World Cup.
stenco2017
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This article is funny..So basically Italian players are short.