Italian team visiting a country's state capital (12)
I believe the answer is:
indianapolis
'state capital' is the definition.
(state capital of Indiana)
'italian team visiting a country's' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'italian' could be 'i' (abbreviation for Italian) and 'i' is present in the answer.
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for indianapolis that I've seen before include "US city famous for motor racing" , "Capital of a Midwest US state" , "north American city" , "A US state capital, annual 500 race" .)