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EURO 2016: Match Officials, Referee Viktor Kassai for the game Italy vs Sweden, Friday 17 June 2016

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Italy – Sweden

UEFA announcing the match officials for the game Italy vs Sweden to be played on Friday 17 June 2016 at the Stadium Municipal in Toulouse, France.  UEFA have assigned Referee Viktor Kassai from Hungary to direct the match.   Kassai will be assisted by György Ring (HUN) and Vencel Tóth (HUN).  The additional assistant referee are Tamás Bognar (HUN) and Ádám Farkas (HUN).  The fourth official is Clément Turpin (FRA)

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Training session in Montpellier, Hungarian referee Kassai to take charge of

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Hungarian Viktor Kassai to referee the Italy – Sweden match.

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“Italy ready for Sweden. Allegri happy with Juve’s market. Bielsa-Lazio.” Front Pages, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport from Thursday 16 June 2016

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Good morning my friends! Here are the front pages from Italy main Sports newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport from Thursday 16 June 2016.   Headlines reporting the Italian team will be totally different against Sweden, a more attacking position with preference to choose forward Stephan El Shaarawy……    Grab a cup of coffee or tea and let’s share the news…..

 

La Gazzetta dello Sport
Front Page, Prima Pagina
Thursday 16 June 2016

 

Tomorrow at 15 there is Italy-Sweden
Ibra, you again
(…weren’t we not supposed to meet once more?…)
The Azzurri’s next opponent is an old friend – enemy
Buffon, Sirigu, Bonucci, Chiellini, De Rossi, Thiago Motta, Giaccherini and Coach Conte tell us about ‘our’ Zlatan between blows, goals and other stories

Pellè is fine
Florenzi and De Sciglio possible newcomers

Paradox: Passing like first, more risk

Deschamps still winning in the final
With Pogba France fly
Super Hamsik, Russia KO
Paul in for the second half: De Biasi beaten at the 90th by Griezmann and Payet

Security alarm
More clashes in Lille between hooligans and Russian ultras: three injures, 10 arrests

Allegri: “Juve are stronger. We’ve taken Pjanic off from one of our rivals”
“Great addition: he can cover many roles. Pogba never turned up for lunch with slippers for us”

Spalletti: “We are not on a par, but if Roma do like the Nazionale…”

Di Francesco: “Berardi is fond of us and we are fond of him. We like Lapadula”

Berlusconi improves, but he will be in the hospital for another 20 days

Benches: Lazio-Bielsa, today signature in Argentina

Crotone, Brocchi idea

 

Corriere dello Sport
Front Page, Prima Pagina
Thursday 16 June 2016

EURO, tomorrow Sweden
Conte changes, another Italy against Ibra
The CT wants to win to qualify
A more attacking side is ready
El Shaarawy favorite over Darmian, Insigne or Zaza alongside Pellè

Bielsa signs in Lazio blitz
The yes has arrived, a director in Rosario

Juve, Lapadula too
Marotta has the bomber in hand, having led Pescara to Serie A: They’ll loan him to Sassuolo
Berardi option is renewed
Allegri: Pjanic double deal, we weakened our rivals

Bielsa signs in Lazio blitz
The yes has arrived, director in Rosario

Only Manchester ready is ready to take a cut
Inter, Yaya Toure won’t accept discounts

The coach of Roma asks for reinforcement
Spalletti says it all: ‘Defence has to be revamped’

Terrorism, the alert level rises
Tighter controls, cities on lockdown

France reach the next round
Hamsik, yes

 

Tutto Sport
Front Page, Prima Pagina
Thursday 16 June 2016

EURO 2016
Conte changes Azzurri minds for Sweden
Specific work in training: tomorrow will be a completely different challenge from Belgium

Juve-Galatasaray referee is designated…

Allegri applauds the Juve transfer market
“Champions League, with Pjanic we can!”
“I have already spoke to Miralem, he can play anywhere. Morata is destined for greatness, I want him to stay. Pogba is ours, he never turned up in slippers for us”

Ciao to Zenith
Witsel contact, the siege begins again: “Italy, beautiful!”

That no to Juve
Virdis: “I agree with Berardi. If I could’ve…”

“Ljajic striker, winger and trequartista: go Toro”
Colantuono explains why the Serbian would be ideal for Mihajlovic’s game
Let’s discover the Granata summer

The project
Here is how Giampaolo will build Galliani’s Milan

Gasperini calls
Paloschi ok for Atalanta
De Zerbi, no to Crotone

 

EURO 2016: Italy Training, Wednesday 15 June 2016, Preparing for Sweden

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Italy – Sweden

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Italy Head Coach Antonio Conte directing the morning training behind closed doors on Wednesday 15 June 2016 at the Bernard Gasset Sports Centre in Montpellier.    Conte is preparing the EURO 2016 match 2, Italy vs Sweden to be played on Friday 19 June at the Stadium Municipal in Toulouse, France at 15:00.  Italy leading Group E after Matchday 1 with 3 points and a positive goal difference of +2.

This is a special match because if Italy defeat Sweden, Italy would guarantee passage to the knock-out stages.  Hence, the importance for the players to train with all their heart and concentrate on the victory.  I n case of victory,  3 points would take Italy closer to winning the group which would be confirmed as long as Belgium do not lose to the Republic of Ireland in Bordeaux in Saturday’s group E game.

EURO 2016, Match 1, Belgium 0 – 2 Italy, Monday 13 June 2016

UEFA EURO 2016 – GROUP E Overall
 RanK  TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS
1  Italy 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
 2  Republic of Ireland 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
 3  Sweden 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
 4  Belgium 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0

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Photos of Italy team training on Wednesday 15 June 2016 courtesy by facebook.com/NazionaleCalcio

 

 
Official squad and shirt numbers
Goalkeepers: 1 Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), 13 Federico Marchetti (Lazio), 12 Salvatore Sirigu (Paris Saint Germain);
Defenders: 15 Andrea Barzagli (Juventus), 19 Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), 3 Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), 5 Angelo Obinze Ogbonna (West Ham);
Wingers: 21 Federico Bernardeschi (Fiorentina), 6 Antonio Candreva (Lazio),  4 Matteo Darmian (Manchester United), 2 Mattia De Sciglio (Milan), 22 Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma);
Midfielders: 16 Daniele De Rossi (Roma), 8 Alessandro Florenzi (Roma), 23 Emanuele Giaccherini (Bologna),10 Thiago Motta (Paris Saint Germain), 18 Marco Parolo (Lazio), 14 Stefano Sturaro (Juventus);
Forwards: 17 Citadin Martins Eder (Inter), 11 Ciro Immobile (Torino), 20 Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), 9 Graziano Pellè (Southampton), 7 Simone Zaza (Juventus).
*Players on stand-by: Marco Benassi (Torino), Alex Meret (Udinese), Daniele Rugani (Juventus) and Davide Zappacosta (Torino)

Staff – Head coach: Antonio Conte; team manager: Gabriele Oriali; secretary: Mauro Vladovich; assistant coaches: Angelo Alessio, Massimo Carrera, Gianluca Spinelli, Gianluca Conte and Mauro Sandreani; fitness coaches: Costantino Coratti and Paolo Bertelli; federal doctors: Enrico Castellacci and Luca Gatteschi; physiotherapists: Aldo Esposito, Alessandro Donato, Takahiro Yamamoto and Pasquale Raia.

Italy’s EURO 2016 schedule 

Wednesday 15th
10.30 Training session – behind CLOSED DOORS
14.00 Media activity: Press conference (selected players) – Casa Azzurri MC

Thursday 16th
10.30 Training session – behind CLOSED DOORS
Followed by team transfer to Montpellier’s airport
16.15 Flight departure to Toulouse
17.10 Scheduled arrival to Toulouse; transfer to the stadium
17.45 MD-1 Media activities: Press conference (Head coach/1 or 2 players) / HBs
18.30 MD-1 Walk around at the stadium

Friday 17th
15.00 Match: Italy vs Sweden
followed by post match Media activities – stadium and team to return to Montpellier

Saturday 18th
16.30 Training session – OPEN TO MEDIA first 15’ –

Sunday 19th
10.30 Training session – OPEN TO MEDIA first 15’ –
13.00 Media activity: Press conference – Casa Azzurri MC
16.30 Training session – behind CLOSED DOORS

Monday 20th
10.30 Training session – behind CLOSED DOORS
13.00 Media activity: Press conference – Casa Azzurri MC
16.30 Training session – behind CLOSED DOORS

Tuesday 21st
10.30 Training session – behind CLOSED DOORS
afternoon Team transfer to Montpellier’s Airport’
15.30 Flight departure to Lille
17.15 Scheduled arrival to Lille, transfer to the stadium
17.45 MD-1 Media activities: Press conference (Head coach/1 or 2 players) / HBs
18.30 MD-1 Official Training – OPEN TO MEDIA first 15’

Wednesday 22nd
21.00 Match: Italy vs Republic of Ireland
followed by post match Media activities – stadium and team to return to Montpellier

 

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Italy – Sweden
Friday 17 June 2016
Stadium Municipal
Toulouse, France

15:00
Referee: Viktor Kassai
Assistant Referees: György Ring (HUN) and Vencel Tóth (HUN)
Additional assistant referees: Tamás Bognar (HUN) and Ádám Farkas (HUN)
Fourth official: Clément Turpin (FRA)

EURO 2016: France vs Albania, Official starting lineups, Wednesday 15 June 2016

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     France France – Albania

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Here are FRANCE vs ALBANIA official lineups on Wednesday 15 June 2016 for the UEFA Euro 2016 at the Stade Velodrome in Marseille, France at 21:00.  There are 8 Italian Serie A and B players in this match.

France Lloris; Sagna, Rami, Koscielny, Evra; Kante, Matuidi;  Coman, Payet, Martial; Giroud.

Substitutes Mandanda, Jallet, Cabaye,  Griezmann, Gignac, Schneiderlin, Mangala, Pogba, Digne, Sissoko,  Umtiti, Costil. 

Albania Berisha; Hysaj, Ajeti, Mavraj, Agolli; Lila, Abrashi,  Kukeli, Memushaj, Lenjani; Sadiku.

Substitutes Shehi, Veseli, Basha,  Gashi, Xhaka, Cikalleshi, Aliji, Balaj, Kace, Roshi, Hoxha. 

France:   3 Italian Serie A players:

  • Juventus defender Patrice Evra (official starting lineup)
  • Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba (subs)
  • AS Roma defender Lucas Digne (subs)

5 Italian Serie A & B players with Albania

  • Lazio goalkeeper Etrit Berisha (Starting lineup)
  • Napoli defender Elseid Hysaj (Starting lineup)
  • Frosinone defender Arlind Ajeti (official starting lineup) (Frosinone relegated to Serie B),
  • Como midfielder Migjen Basha (Subs) (Como – Serie B),
  • Pescara midfielder Ledian Memushaj  (official starting lineup)

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Euro 2016: France 23-man Squad

Goalkeepers: Benoit Costil (Rennes), Hugo Lloris (Tottenham), Steve Mandanda (Marseille).

Defenders: Lucas Digne (Roma), Patrice Evra (Juventus), Christophe Jallet (Lyon), Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal), Eliaquim Mangala (Manchester City), Adil Rami (Sevilla), Bacary Sagna (Manchester City), Samuel Umtiti (Lyon).

Midfielders: Yohan Cabaye (Crystal Palace), Morgan Schneiderlin (Manchester United), N’Golo Kante (Leicester), Blaise Matuidi (Paris Saint-Germain), Paul Pogba (Juventus), Moussa Sissoko (Newcastle).

Forwards: Kingsley Coman (Bayern Munich), Andre-Pierre Gignac (Tigres), Olivier Giroud (Arsenal), Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), Anthony Martial (Manchester United), Dimitri Payet (West Ham)

Euro 2016: Albania 23-man Squad

Goalkeepers: Etrit Berisha (Lazio), Alban Hoxha (Partizani), Orges Shehi (Skenderbeu).

Defenders: Elseid Hysaj (Napoli), Lorik Cana (Nantes), Arlind Ajeti (Frosinone), Mergim Mavraj (Koeln), Naser Aliji (Basel), Ansi Agolli (Karabag), Frederik Veseli (Lugano).

Midfielders: Ermir Lenjani (Nantes), Andi Lila (Giannina), Migjen Basha (Como), Ledian Memushaj (Pescara), Burim Kukeli (Zurich), Taulant Xhaka (Basel), Ergys Kace (Paok), Amir Abrashi (Freiburg), Odise Roshi (Rijeka).

Forwards: Bekim Balaj (Rijeka), Sokol Cikalleshi (Medipol Basaksehir), Armando Sadiku (Vaduz), Shkelzen Gashi (Colorado Rapids).

EURO 2016: Result ROMANIA 1 – 1 SWITZERLAND, Wednesday 15 June 2016

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Romania 1 – 1 Switzerland

18′ Bogdan Stancu (pen)       57′ Admir Mehmedi
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It’s a draw.   Romania and Switzerland gaining only 1 point after their draw  on Wednesday 15 June 2016 for the UEFA Euro 2016 Group Stage – Group A at the Parc des Princes in Paris, France. Great to see 4 Italian Serie A players in the official lineups.

2 Italian Serie A players with Romania

  • Fiorentina goalkeeper Ciprian Tatarusanu (Starting lineup)
  • Napoli defender Vlad Chiriches (Starting lineup)

2 Italian Serie A players with Switzerland

  • Juventus defender Stephan Lichtsteiner (Starting lineup)
  • Genoa midfielder Blerim Dzemaili (Starting lineup)

 

Romania opening the score in the 18th minute after Referee Sergei Karasev gives a penalty to Romania.  The penalty is conceded by Switzerland defender Stephan Lichtsteiner after a foul on Alexandru Chipciu.    It is forward Bogdan Stancu to convert the penalty defeating Switzerland goalkeeper with a right footed shot in the bottom left corner.

Switzerland equalizing in the 57th minute.  It is Admir Mehmedi to defeat Romania goalkeeper with a left footed shot in the top right corner.   The assist is byJohan Djourou following a corner conceded by Dragos Grigore.

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Here is ROMANIA official starting lineup by coach Iordănescu:

ROMANIA (4-2-3-1): Tătărușanu; Raț, Chiricheș, Grigore, Săpunaru; Prepeliță, Pintilii; Torje, Stancu, Chipciu; Keșerü.

Here is SWITZERLAND official starting lineup by coach Petković:

SWITZERLAND (4-2-3-1): Sommer; Lichtsteiner, Schär, Djourou, Rodríguez; Behrami, Xhaka G.; Shaqiri, Džemaili, Mehmedi; Seferović.

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Euro 2016: Romania 23-man Squad

Goalkeepers: Ciprian Tatarusanu (Fiorentina), Costel Pantilimon (Watford), Silviu Lung (Astra)

Defenders: Cristian Sapunaru (Pandurii Targu-Jiu), Alexandru Matel (Dinamo Zagreb), Vlad Chiriches (Napoli), Valerica Gaman (Astra), Dragos Grigore (Al Sailiya), Cosmin Moti (Ludogorets), Razvan Rat (Rayo Vallecano), Steliano Filip (Dinamo Bucharest)

Midfielders: Mihai Pintilii (Steaua Bucharest), Ovidiu Hoban (Hapoel Be’er Sheva), Andrei Prepelita (Ludogorets), Adrian Popa (Steaua Bucharest), Gabriel Torje (Osmanlispor), Alexandru Chipciu (Steaua Bucharest), Nicolae Stanciu (Steaua Bucharest), Lucian Sanmartean (Al Ittihad)

Forwards: Claudiu Keseru (Ludogorets), Bogdan Stancu (Genclerbirligi), Florin Andone (Cordoba), Denis Alibec (Astra)

 

Euro 2016: Switzerland 23-man Squad

Goalkeepers : Roman Buerki (Borussia Dortmund), Marwin Hitz (Augsburg), Yann Sommer (Borussia Moenchengladbach).

Defenders: Johan Djourou (Hamburg SV), Nico Elvedi (Borussia Moenchengladbach), Michael Lang (FC Basel), Stephan Lichtsteiner (Juventus), Francois Moubandje (Toulouse), Ricardo Rodriguez (VfL Wolfsburg), Fabian Schaer (Hoffenheim), Steve Von Bergen (Young Boys)

Midfielders: Valon Behrami (Watford), Blerim Dzemaili (Genoa), Gelson Fernandes (Rennes), Fabian Frei (Mainz 05), Xherdan Shaqiri (Stoke City), Granit Xhaka (Borussia Moenchengladbach), Denis Zakaria (Young Boys)

Forwards: Eren Derdiyok (Kasimpasa), Breel Embolo (FC Basel), Admir Mehmedi (Bayer Leverkusen), Haris Seferovic (Eintracht Frankfurt), Shani Tarashaj (Grasshoppers)

 

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Romania 1 – 1 Switzerland
Wednesday 15 June 2016
Parc des Princes
Paris, France

Goals: 18′ Bogdan Stancu (R) (pen),     57′ Admir Mehmedi (S)

Referee: Sergei Karasev (RUS)
Assistant referee: Nikolai Golubev (RUS) and Tikhon Kalugin (RUS)
Additional assistant referee: Sergei Lapochkin (RUS) and Sergei Ivanov (RUS)
Fourth official:Aleksei Kulbakov (BLR)

Official starting lineups – formations:

ROMANIA (4-2-3-1): Tătărușanu; Raț, Chiricheș, Grigore, Săpunaru; Prepeliță, Pintilii; Torje, Stancu, Chipciu; Keșerü.

Subs: Pantilimon, Lung, Filip, Găman, Mățel, Moți, Stanciu, Hoban, Sânmărtean, Andone, Alibec, Popa.

Coach: Iordănescu.

SWITZERLAND (4-2-3-1): Sommer; Lichtsteiner, Schär, Djourou, Rodríguez; Behrami, Xhaka G.; Shaqiri, Džemaili, Mehmedi; Seferović.

Subs: Hitz, Bürki, Moubandje, Lang, Von Bergen, Frei, Zakaria, Fernandes, Embolo, Tarashaj, Derdiyok.

Coach: Petković.