 Lodetti also represented the Italian national side at the 1966 World Cup in England, where they were eliminated in the first round.He was also a member of the national squad in Italy's victorious UEFA Euro 1968 campaign on home soil.Although he was set to participate in the 1970 World Cup, in which Italy reached the final, he was dropped last minute due to an injury to Anastasi, which led manager Ferruccio Valcareggi to call up Roberto Boninsegna and Pierino Prati in his place.