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The FIGC announce the launch of the $ITA fan token on socios.com

2022 FIFA World Cup, Italian National Team

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The Italian Football Federation (FIGC), in partnership with Chiliz, the leading blockchain provider for the sports and entertainment industry, have officially announced that the reigning European Champions will launch an $ITA Fan Token on the fan engagement and rewards app Socios.com.

Over 1.3M users from 167 countries are using Socios.com to engage with and be rewarded by the teams they love through Fan Tokens. Fan Tokens are digital assets, minted on the Chiliz blockchain, that provide owners with access to voting rights in polls, VIP rewards, exclusive promotions, AR-enabled features, games and competitions.

In addition, fans are able to put their skills to the test against other fans from around the world in games, competitions and quizzes, competing in global leaderboards and earning real-life and digital club-related rewards, benefits and experiences along the way. Fans can also look forward to accessing exclusive content and experiencing Socios.com’s geo-location, augmented reality feature ‘Token Hunt’.  Socios.com also recently added to its offering for Fan Token holders, launching the first ever live ‘in game’ NFTs in collaboration with AC Milan, Valencia and S.C. Corinthians.

The resources generated by the partnership will be used by the FIGC to develop the entire movement, focusing in particular on basic sports facilities, with the aim of improving training facilities throughout the country. Through the partnership, which involves all the Italian national teams, the FIGC aim to support the overall growth of the Italian football system. Furthermore, Socios.com will be the title sponsor of the Women’s Italian Cup for the next 2 years, confirming the growing interest in women’s competitions organised by the Football Federation.

Italy is the third national football federation to join the Socios.com roster, following in the footsteps of AFA (Argentina) and FPF (Portugal). Socios.com has partnered with over 100 major sporting organisations, including the aforementioned teams, other Serie A clubs including Inter Milan, Juventus, Napoli, AS Roma and many more big names such as FC Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain, Atlético Madrid, Manchester City and Arsenal. As well as soccer, Socios.com’s expansive network also includes the UFC, F1 teams, 24 NBA franchises and leading lights from NHL, esports and cricket.

Revenues from the sale of $ITA Fan Tokens will be reinvested into the Italian Football Federation, especially at youth level, with funds to be allocated to improve training facilities, coaching and player resources in order to promote the long term development and continued success of the national team.

Details on when the $ITA Fan Token will launch, as well as the price and supply will be revealed shortly.

Socios.com is a direct-to-consumer (D2C) platform that uses blockchain technology to provide the world’s leading sporting organisations with the tools to engage with and monetize their global fanbases. The company has major expansion plans and is targeting many more Fan Token launches throughout the world.  Socios.com recently opened new regional headquarters in Madrid, Istanbul, São Paulo and Buenos Aires, and will soon open new offices in Italy and North America.

President of the FIGC Gabriele Gravina said: “This partnership will allow us to expand our relationship with our fans, providing new engagement opportunities and the chance for fans to be rewarded.

“It’s also another important step in continuing the development project of Italian football, because it will allow us to invest into new resources at a grassroots level.  The partnership will allow us to support the development of youth football and the entire movement, from the base to the top of the pyramid.”

Alexandre Dreyfus, CEO of Chiliz and Socios.com, said: “Italy is a footballing powerhouse, synonymous with passion, determination and sporting glory.

“We’re proud and excited to welcome the reigning European champions to our roster of partners and look forward to giving Azzurri across the world the chance to engage with and be rewarded by their team like never before.”

FIFA World Cup Qualification: Italy vs Switzerland, Official Starting Lineups, Friday 12 November 2021

2022 FIFA World Cup, Italian National Team

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✅  Here are Italy vs Switzerland official starting lineups for the FIFA World Cup Qualifier game on Friday 12 November 2021 at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium in Rome, Italy at 20:45.

🏆👉 Lineup ITALY (4-3-3): Donnarumma; Di Lorenzo, Bonucci, Acerbi, Emerson; Barella, Jorginho, Locatelli; Chiesa, Belotti, Insigne.

Subs: Sirigu, Meret, Calabria, Biraghi, Tonali, Raspadori, Berardi, Pessina, Cristante, Scamacca, Bernardeschi, Mancini.

Head Coach: Roberto Mancini.

🏆👉 Lineup SWITZERLAND (4-3-2-1): Sommer; Widmer, Schar, Akanji, R. Rodriguez; Freuler, Zakaria, Vargas; Steffen, Shaqiri; Okafor.

Subs: Omlin, Kohn, Mbabu, Frei, Zeqiri, Aebischer, Itten, Sow, Imeri, Comert, Gavranovic, Garcia

Head Coach: Yakin.

English Referee Anthony Taylor will be assisted by Assistant Referee 1: Gary Beswick (ENG) and Assistant Referee 2: Adam Nunn (ENG). The Fourth Official will be Craig Pawson (ENG). The VAR will be Stuart Attwell (ENG) and the AVAR will be Paul Tierney (ENG). Referee Assessor will be Terje Hauge (NOR.

👉 FIFA World Cup Qualifier Group C, Italy leading with 14 points (after Matchday 6)
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Goal difference Points
🇮🇹 Italy 6 4 2 0 12 1 11 14
🇨🇭Switzerland 6 4 2 0 10 1 9 14
🇧🇬 Bulgaria 7 2 2 3 6 10 -4 8
Northern Ireland 6 1 2 3 5 7 -2 5
🇱🇹 Lithuania 7 1 0 6 4 18 -14 3

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🇮🇹 👉 ITALY – THE SCHEDULE (all times CEST)

Friday 12 November
20:45 – ITALY vs. Switzerland. Post-match press conference and return to hotel to follow
Saturday 13 November
15:00 – Training at the Acqua Acetosa Olympic Training Centre in Rome (behind closed doors)
Sunday 14 November
10:30 – Transfer from Rome to Belfast
11:30 l.t Training, Northern Ireland (first 15 minutes open to the press)
13:00 l.t – Press conference, Northern Ireland ***(access for journalists)
17:30 l.t – Press conference, ITALY ***(access for journalists)
18:00 l.t – Training ITALY ***(first 15 minutes open to the media)
Monday 15 November
19:45 l.t – Northern Ireland vs. ITALY. Followed by post-match press conference and return to respective clubs

*Depending on capacity, journalists and photographers will be granted access to the press conference and the first 15 minutes of the team’s training session on Monday 8 November
**Only journalists will have access to successive press conferences at Coverciano, with the remaining training sessions taking place behind closed doors. TV operators will not be granted access. The FIGC will produce and distribute images relating to press conferences and training sessions to relevant parties upon request. For more info: Massimiliano Reale (FIGC Area Sales): email: m.reale@figcit. Tel: 06/84913023.
***The press conferences in Belfast will be reserved for eight media outlets. A Zoom link will be provided for accredited journalists to follow the conference.

Front Pages, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Friday 12 November 2021

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Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Friday 12 November 2021

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La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Friday 12 November 2021.


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Corriere dello Sport, Front Page, Friday 12 November 2021 .


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Tutto Sport, Front Page, Friday 12 November 2021.


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World Cup Qualification: Italy vs Switzerland PREVIEW, Friday 12 October 2021

2022 FIFA World Cup, Italian National Team

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✅ Here is Italy vs Switzerland PREVIEW for the FIFA World Cup Qualifier game on Friday 12 November 2021 at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium in Rome, Italy at 20:45.   The Italian National Team will play for the 63rd time in Rome, the city that has hosted the Azzurri on the most occasions with 38 wins (it’s the city where they’ve recorded the most victories), 17 draws and seven defeats; 114 goals scored and 47 conceded. Italy have won their last five matches in Rome.

  • Italy vs. Switzerland have played five times in Rome: Italy with 4 wins and 1 lost,  scoring ten goals and conceding three.

This is the current situation. If Italy win, they will reach 17 points leaving Switzerland in the 2nd position.  Italy will need only one point from the last match of the round against Northern Ireland for the qualification.  The draw it’s not enough because Italy will have a +2 goal difference to defend.  Now, if Italy lose, most likely it will be heading to the play-off route for qualification.  The game with Switzerland bringing positive memories as last June at the Olimpico in Rome, Italy beat Switzerland 3-0 in the second match of the group stages. Five months ago, by beating the Swiss, Italy secured their place in the round of 16 of EURO 2020.

Stats, Italy facing Switzerland 60 times between 1911 and 2021. Stats showing Italy 29 wins, 23 draws, and 8 lost.  Positive stats is that Italy are unbeaten against Switzerland for over 28 years and out of the last 10 games showing with 5 wins, and 5 draws.  The last defeat was in May 1993 (1-0 in Bern).  The last time Switzerland defeated the Azzurri in Italy was in October 1982, a 1-0 win, precisely, in Rome.

👉 FIFA World Cup Qualifier Group C, Italy leading with 14 points (after Matchday 6)
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Goal difference Points
🇮🇹 Italy 6 4 2 0 12 1 11 14
🇨🇭Switzerland 6 4 2 0 10 1 9 14
🇧🇬 Bulgaria 7 2 2 3 6 10 -4 8
Northern Ireland 6 1 2 3 5 7 -2 5
🇱🇹 Lithuania 7 1 0 6 4 18 -14 3

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🇮🇹 👉 Italian Squad List

Goalkeepers: Alessio Cragno (Cagliari), Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain), Alex Meret (Napoli), Salvatore Sirigu (Genoa);

Defenders: Francesco Acerbi (Lazio), Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Davide Calabria (AC Milan), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Emerson Palmieri (Lyon), Gianluca Mancini (Roma);

Midfielders: Nicolò Barella (Inter), Danilo Cataldi (Lazio), Bryan Cristante (Roma), Jorginho (Chelsea), Manuel Locatelli (Juventus), Matteo Pessina (Atalanta), Tommaso Pobega (Torino), Sandro Tonali (Milan);

Strikers: Andrea Belotti (Torino), Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), Federico Bernardeschi (Juventus), Federico Chiesa (Juventus), Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), Giacomo Raspadori (Sassuolo), Gianluca Scamacca (Sassuolo).

🇮🇹 👉 Italy vs Switzerland Match Officials

English Referee Anthony Taylor will be assisted by Assistant Referee 1: Gary Beswick (ENG) and Assistant Referee 2: Adam Nunn (ENG). The Fourth Official will be Craig Pawson (ENG). The VAR will be Stuart Attwell (ENG) and the AVAR will be Paul Tierney (ENG). Referee Assessor will be Terje Hauge (NOR.


🇮🇹 👉 ITALY – THE SCHEDULE (all times CEST)

Friday 12 November
20:45 – ITALY vs. Switzerland. Post-match press conference and return to hotel to follow
Saturday 13 November
15:00 – Training at the Acqua Acetosa Olympic Training Centre in Rome (behind closed doors)
Sunday 14 November
10:30 – Transfer from Rome to Belfast
11:30 l.t Training, Northern Ireland (first 15 minutes open to the press)
13:00 l.t – Press conference, Northern Ireland ***(access for journalists)
17:30 l.t – Press conference, ITALY ***(access for journalists)
18:00 l.t – Training ITALY ***(first 15 minutes open to the media)
Monday 15 November
19:45 l.t – Northern Ireland vs. ITALY. Followed by post-match press conference and return to respective clubs

*Depending on capacity, journalists and photographers will be granted access to the press conference and the first 15 minutes of the team’s training session on Monday 8 November
**Only journalists will have access to successive press conferences at Coverciano, with the remaining training sessions taking place behind closed doors. TV operators will not be granted access. The FIGC will produce and distribute images relating to press conferences and training sessions to relevant parties upon request. For more info: Massimiliano Reale (FIGC Area Sales): email: m.reale@figcit. Tel: 06/84913023.
***The press conferences in Belfast will be reserved for eight media outlets. A Zoom link will be provided for accredited journalists to follow the conference.

2022 World Cup Qualification: Italy vs Switzerland, Match Officials, Referee Anthony Taylor, Friday 12 November 2021

2022 FIFA World Cup, Italian National Team

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UEFA announcing the match officials for the FIFA World Cup Qualifier game Italy vs Switzerland on Friday 12 November 2021 at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium in Rome, Italy at 20:45.

English Referee Anthony Taylor will be assisted by Assistant Referee 1: Gary Beswick (ENG) and Assistant Referee 2: Adam Nunn (ENG).  The Fourth Official will be Craig Pawson (ENG).  The VAR will be Stuart Attwell (ENG) and the AVAR will be Paul Tierney (ENG). Referee Assessor will be Terje Hauge (NOR.

👉 FIFA World Cup Qualifier Group C, Italy leading with 14 points (after Matchday 6)
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Goal difference Points
🇮🇹 Italy 6 4 2 0 12 1 11 14
🇨🇭Switzerland 6 4 2 0 10 1 9 14
🇧🇬 Bulgaria 7 2 2 3 6 10 -4 8
Northern Ireland 6 1 2 3 5 7 -2 5
🇱🇹 Lithuania 7 1 0 6 4 18 -14 3

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🇮🇹 👉 Italian Squad List

Goalkeepers: Alessio Cragno (Cagliari), Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain), Alex Meret (Napoli), Salvatore Sirigu (Genoa);

Defenders: Francesco Acerbi (Lazio), Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Davide Calabria (AC Milan), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Emerson Palmieri (Lyon), Gianluca Mancini (Roma);

Midfielders: Nicolò Barella (Inter), Danilo Cataldi (Lazio), Bryan Cristante (Roma), Jorginho (Chelsea), Manuel Locatelli (Juventus), Matteo Pessina (Atalanta), Tommaso Pobega (Torino), Sandro Tonali (Milan);

Strikers: Andrea Belotti (Torino), Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), Federico Bernardeschi (Juventus), Federico Chiesa (Juventus), Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), Giacomo Raspadori (Sassuolo), Gianluca Scamacca (Sassuolo).

🇮🇹 👉 ITALY – THE SCHEDULE (all times CEST)

Thursday 11 November
12:00 – Press conference at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, ITALY (access for journalists)
18:30 – Training at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, ITALY (first 15 minutes open to the media)
16:00 – Press conference at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Switzerland (access for journalists)
17:00 – Training at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Switzerland (first 15 minutes open to the media)
Friday 12 November
20:45 – ITALY vs. Switzerland. Post-match press conference and return to hotel to follow
Saturday 13 November
15:00 – Training at the Acqua Acetosa Olympic Training Centre in Rome (behind closed doors)
Sunday 14 November
10:30 – Transfer from Rome to Belfast
11:30 l.t Training, Northern Ireland (first 15 minutes open to the press)
13:00 l.t – Press conference, Northern Ireland ***(access for journalists)
17:30 l.t – Press conference, ITALY ***(access for journalists)
18:00 l.t – Training ITALY ***(first 15 minutes open to the media)
Monday 15 November
19:45 l.t – Northern Ireland vs. ITALY. Followed by post-match press conference and return to respective clubs

*Depending on capacity, journalists and photographers will be granted access to the press conference and the first 15 minutes of the team’s training session on Monday 8 November
**Only journalists will have access to successive press conferences at Coverciano, with the remaining training sessions taking place behind closed doors. TV operators will not be granted access. The FIGC will produce and distribute images relating to press conferences and training sessions to relevant parties upon request. For more info: Massimiliano Reale (FIGC Area Sales): email: m.reale@figcit. Tel: 06/84913023.
***The press conferences in Belfast will be reserved for eight media outlets. A Zoom link will be provided for accredited journalists to follow the conference.