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Italy Head Coach Roberto Mancini called up 39 players for June’s games against Argentina and UEFA Nations League

Italian National Team, UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE


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🇮🇹  Italy Head Coach Roberto Mancini called up 39 players for the five games in fifteen days.  The players will meet on Friday 27 May 2022 at the Federal Technical Centre.  Italy’s journey in the third edition of the UEFA Nations League will start at Via Emilia and consists of a four-match program in June with their final two matches scheduled for the end of September: after reaching the Final Four last year, which was hosted in Milan and Turin, the Azzurri finishing third.  Italy are in the UEFA Nations League A – Group A3 with England, Germany, and Hungary.

   🇮🇹   Italy vs Argentina  🇦🇷
Grand Final: European Champions vs winners of the last Coppa America
Wednesday 1 June 2022
Wembley Stadium
London, England
20:45

  🇮🇹   Italy vs Germany  🇩🇪
UEFA Nations League Group A3
June 4, 2022
Renato Dall’Ara Stadium
Bologna, Italy
20:45

  🇮🇹   Italy vs Hungary  🇭🇺
UEFA Nations League Group A3
Tuesday 7 June 2022
Dino Manuzzi Stadium
Cesena, Italy
20:45

  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿  England vs Italy  🇮🇹 
UEFA Nations League Group A3
Saturday 11 June 2022
Molineux Stadium
Wolverhampton, England
20:45

  🇩🇪  Germany vs Italy  🇮🇹 
UEFA Nations League Group A3
Tuesday 14 June 2022
Monchengladbach, Germany
20:45

Mancini has selected all the Azzurri who were part of the European championship winning squad at Wembley last July (with the exception of the injured Chiesa, Castrovilli, Toloi and Immobile). After the serious injury he picked up against Belgium in the European quarter-final match, Leonardo Spinazzola returns to Azzzurri contention. First call-ups to the senior national side for Andrea Pinamonti and Davide Frattesi, while Gianluca Caprari, on the other hand, rejoins the national team three and a half years after being called up in October 2018, for the games against Ukraine and Poland.

The Azzurri will begin proceedings once again at the iconic London Stadium, on Wednesday 1 June (20:45 CEST, live Rai 1) they take on Argentina, a match in which the reigning European champions go head-to-head with the winners of the last Coppa America. An exhilarating battle is on the cards, renamed the ‘Grand Final’, which was agreed as part of the Memorandum of Understanding, signed last December by UEFA and CONMEBOL.

🇮🇹 👉 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 (Milan), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Federico Dimarco (Inter), Emerson Palmieri Dos Santos (Olympique Lyonnais), Alessandro Florenzi (Milan), Manuel Lazzari (Lazio), Luiz Felipe (Lazio), Gianluca Mancini (Roma), Leonardo Spinazzola (Roma);
Midfielders: Nicolò Barella (Inter), Bryan Cristante (Roma), Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo), Jorginho Frello Jorge Luiz (Chelsea), Manuel Locatelli (Juventus), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), Matteo Pessina (Atalanta), Sandro Tonali (Milan), Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain);
Forwards: Andrea Belotti (Torino), Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), Federico Bernardeschi (Juventus), Gianluca Caprari (Verona), Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), Moise Bioty Kean (Juventus), Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli), Matteo Politano (Napoli), Giacomo Raspadori (Sassuolo), Gianluca Scamacca (Sassuolo), Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio), Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma).

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🇮🇹 👉 The Italian National Team Schedule (all times CEST)

ITALY V ARGENTINA. The Grand Final, created last December 15, will see Italy take on Argentina, as the European champions take on Coppa America champions. The match will be played on Wednesday 1 June, with kick-off at 20:45 CEST (Italian time) at Wembley Stadium. There will be no extra time; in the event of a draw after 90 minutes, the winner will be decided via penalties. This will be just the third time ever that the winners of the Euros have played Coppa America champions, in a match organized by UEFA and CONMEBOL: in 1985, France beat Uruguay 2-0 in Paris, while eight years down the line, Argentina defeated Denmark on penalties in Mar del Plata. The two sides have met on 15 occasions: the Azzurri running out winners in 6 of these, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

THE NATIONS LEAGUE 2022/2023. The third edition of the UEFA Nations League will start in June 2022, while the Finals will be played in June 2023. As was the case with the 2020-21 edition, in this year’s instalment, leagues A, B and C all have 16 teams, which were drawn into four groups of four for the league phase. The remaining seven teams, in League D, were split into two groups, one of four and the other of three. In all cases, teams will play all their group opponents home and away in June and September 2022. Four of the six matchdays will be in June due to the winter scheduling of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The four group winners in League A will advance to the knockout Finals in June 2023. The group winners in the other three leagues will all be promoted for the 2024/25 edition. The teams finishing fourth in the groups in Leagues A and B will be relegated. The teams finishing fourth in the League C groups will enter the play-outs in March 2024, with the two teams defeated in those ties moving to League D. The opening game for Mancini’s Italian side will be on 4 June in Bologna against Germany; then, Italy v Hungary (7 June in Cesena), England v Italy (11 June in Wolverhampton) and Germany v Italy (14 June in Monchengladbach). The venues for Italy v England (23 September) and Hungary v Italy (26 September) are yet to be announced. The semifinals will be played on 14 and 15 June 2023, while the final and the third-place play-off are scheduled for 18 June.

ITALY V GERMANY. The match in Bologna will be the 39th meeting between Italy and Germany and the 23rd time that the National team have stepped onto the hallowed turf of the ‘Dall’Ara’: this promises to be yet another international football classic, a game that became legendary after the ‘Match of the Century’ in Mexico City, 1970. Italy boast the better record of the sides’ previous meetings (15 wins, 10 draws; 7 defeats) and have a lucky ground in Bologna, where they have not lost since 1989. This will be Germany’s second time at the ‘Dall’Ara’ after almost a century since their last visit (1933).

ITALY V HUNGARY. This is one of Italy’s longest records playing a fellow international side, as fixture 35 between the nations approaches. The match-up proved to be a real classic until the second post-war period, when the Hungarians competed against the Azzurri (in 1938 Italy 4-2 Hungary in the final in Paris). The Azzurri’s record against Hungary is as follows: 16 wins, 9 draws and 9 defeats (Italy scoring 63times and their opponents, 56). The national side have played on just three occasions in Romagna, at the ‘Manuzzi’ in Cesena: all friendlies won by Italy (Bulgaria, San Marino and Sweden).

ENGLAND V ITALY. These two have met 28 times prior to this fixture, with a finely balanced record, which just favours the Azzurri: 10 Italian victories, 8 for the English and 10 draws. The first times these nations met was 14 November 1934: the football masters played against the World Champions, a tournament in which England had chosen not to participate. Despite being 3-0 down in the first 45 minutes and outnumbered through Monti’s injury, Pozzo’s Italy recovered to pull it back to 3-2. However, a further 40 years would pass until the first Italian victory: on 14 June 1973 in Turin, Anastasi and Capello made history (2-0). The last meeting is by far the sweetest for Italy: victory on penalties in the Euro 2020 final, as the Wembley arch bore the colours of Italy.

Award Ceremony of the ‘Hall of Fame of Italian football’ Winners of the Ninth and Tenth Edition

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The Award Ceremony of the ‘Hall of Fame of Italian football’ was held on Monday 23 May 2022 in the prestigious Salone dei Cinquecento in Palazzo Vecchio, in Florence.  The award was established in 2011 by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC )and the Fondazione Museo del Calcio to celebrate the figures who have left a mark on the history of our football.

The winners of the tenth edition: Alessandro Nesta (Italian Footballer), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Foreign Footballer), Antonio Conte (Coach), Gianluca Rocchi (Italian Referee), Antonio Cabrini (Italian Veteran), Barbara Bonansea (Italian Footballer), Giovanni Sartori (Italian Manager), Simon Kjær (Astori Award), Antonella Carta. The Memorial Prizes were awarded to Luigi Simoni, Armando Picchi, Romano Fogli, Fino Fini and Vujadin Boskov.

The winners of the ninth edition: Andrea Pirlo (Italian Footballer), Zbigniew Boniek (Foreign Footballer), Carlo Mazzone (Coach), Antonio Percassi (Italian Manager), Alberto Michelotti (Italian Referee), Gabriele Oriali (Italian Veteran), Sara Gama ( Italian footballer), Pietro Anastasi and Luigi Radice (Memorial Awards), Romelu Lukaku and Mattia Agnese (Astori Award).

 

“There is a real desire to live the sport of football in our country” the federal president, Gabriele Gravina underlined from the stage: “Today is a truly wonderful day, as we come together to relive some extraordinary moments, that have withstood time and existence. I want to thank everyone who has made this event a success”.

Dario Nardella, the mayor of Florence, highlighted the close relationship between the Tuscan capital and Italian football: “I am of course delighted that here in Florence, we are home to several Italian national football teams including Coverciano. It is an honour to hold this ceremony in these eternally beautiful halls, which share the prestige of the Italian football Hall of Fame”.

The winners. The awards for the ‘coach’ category, which were awarded to Carlo Mazzone and Antonio Conte, kicked the ceremony off. The former Roma boss is the “perfect blend of gentleman”, which is one of the many reasons for his induction into the Hall of Fame. He made his happiness known by echoing the words of Giovanni Galli, the goalkeeper to whom he handed a Serie A debut in 1977: “It’s a great honor that makes me really happy”. “Personality” and “self-denial” are the words that come to mind when considering Antonio Conte’s nomination: “This recognition makes me proud”, underlined the current Tottenham coach in a video message.

“I wish to thank president Gravina, the FIGC and the panel of judges, who deemed me worthy of a place on this list of decorated players”, commented Zbigniew Boniek, who entered the Hall of Fame (9th edition) winning the ‘foreign player’ category; as well as Karl-Heinz Rumenigge (10th edition), once descried as an “true legend of European football”, as he recalled the “wonderful years spent in Italy”.

Two of the stars of Milena Bertolini’s women’s national team, Sara Gama and Barbara Bonansea, entered the Hall of Fame for the ‘Italian footballer’ category. “We have sacrificed so much so that our voices heard as players” underlined the Azzurre captain, while Barbara Bonansea continued “it’s an honour to stand here, alongside so many greats”. Another legend of Italian women’s football was also subject to an award, as Antonella Carta brought her own donation to the Football Museum: one of the official balls used in the 1999 Women’s World Cup.

For the ‘managers’ category, two superstars of Italian football in recent years have now been entered, in Antonio Percassi and Giovanni Sartori. The latter offered the jerseys of two iconic captains, Gianpaolo Bellini and Sergio Pellissier, who live long in the recent history of two clubs in which he served as manager, Atalanta and Chievo.

Andrea Pirlo and Alessandra Nesta, 2006 world champions and icons of Italian history, took to the podium of the Salone dei Cinquecento, after being introduced by the ceremony’s two presenters, Pierluigi Pardo and Eva Murati. They were nominated for the ‘Italian footballer’ category, by another familiar face when it comes to success on the world’s stage, Marco Tardelli.

The voice of the Football Museum Foundation president, Matteo Marani, relived the memory of Luigi Simoni, Armando Picchi, Romano Fogli, Fino Fini, Vujadin Boskov, Pietro Anastasi and Luigi Radice, who have all been awarded prizes for the memory of the last two editions of the Hall of Fame. “The Football Museum contains 122 years of the Federation’s history, which emanate from the victories of four world titles and two European titles. I would like to thank the president of the FIGC, Gabriele Gravina, for supporting the museum; a place that welcomes and integrates, looking fondly on the past but preparing for the future”, said Marani.

Alberto Michelotti and Gianluca Rocchi also entered the Hall of Fame through the ‘referees’ category. The chief selector of CAN A and B, Gianluca Rocchi, recently confirmed that the role he currently holds is “more difficult than that he ever had to encounter as a referee …”.

Spearheads of the 1982 Spanish World Cup, Gabriele Oriali and Antonio Cabrini entered the ‘Hall of Fame of Italian football’ as ‘Italian veterans’. “Being part of the team that won the World Cup in Iberia, was privilege enough… Bearzot was not just a coach, but also like a father figure. He was a great student of the game and always gave you the environment to thrive and achieve your potential” said Oriali. Cabrini recounted his lengthy Azzurri career, as both a player and coach: “I first visited Coverciano fifty years ago…”. Both were granted their entry by current national team coach, Roberto Mancini, who announced with a tear in his eye: “I always loved to watch the 1982 national team”.

The ceremony was brought to a conclusion with the ‘Astori Award’ which was awarded to young footballer, Mattia Agnese, who has already been a winner of the FIFA Fair Play award, in 2020 , after saving an opponent’s life on the pitch.