ITALY DEFENDER Davide Astori was summoned to their Euro 2012 base in Poland yesterday given the doubts about the fitness of Andrea Barzagli.

Azzurri coach Cesare Prandelli has said he will wait until tomorrow’s deadline for replacements to decide whether to keep Barzagli in the squad after the centre back was all but ruled out of the group stage with a calf problem.

The Italian soccer federation said in a statement that Cagliari’s Astori was en route to Krakow, suggesting Barzagli could be losing his fight to persuade Prandelli.

Injury worries, coupled with left back Domenico Criscito being dropped from the squad so he can battle match-fixing allegations, have led Prandelli to consider playing three at the back in their Group C opener against holders Spain on Sunday.

Germany midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger has given head coach Joachim Low a major boost by revealing he has shaken off a calf complaint.

Schweinsteiger was a worry after struggling with the injury but returned to full training on Monday with the rest of the national side. The 27-year-old has suffered no reaction.

Schweinsteiger, looking to add to his 90 caps for Germany, missed the opening warm-up defeat against Switzerland two weeks ago due to the injury after linking up with the squad following Bayern Munich’s Champions League defeat against Chelsea.

Germany arrived in Poland ahead of the European Championship on Monday and will remain in the country despite all three group matches being held in Ukraine.

The Euro 2008 runners-up start their campaign against Portugal on June 9th.