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Italy Head Coach Roberto Mancini calls up 33 players for Greece and Bosnia and Herzegovina qualifiers

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Italy Head Coach Roberto Mancini has called up 33 players for the 2020 European Championship Qualifiers leading to the UEFA EURO 2020 against Greece on June 8 in Athens and Bosnia and Herzegovina on June 11 in Turin, Italy.

It is refreshing to see the return of Torino forward Andrea Belotti to the Italian team.  AS Roma goalkeeper Antonio Mirante is also back last time called up by former Head Coach Antonio Conte.   Sampdoria forward Fabio Quagliarella, (36 years old) who was the top Serie A Scorer with 26 goals is also among the called ups.  Way to go for Fabio.

The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) has reported that the squad will gather at Coverciano by 12:00 CEST on Saturday 1st June. In the afternoon, there will be a press conference with the coach at 13:30 CEST before the first of eight sessions at 17:00. The Italian team will leave for Athens on 7 June before training at 18:00 local time with the Azzurri set to train at the Spyros Louis Stadium. The Italian team will return to Italy on Sunday 9th June, travelling to Turin. The following day, the Azzurri will work at 18:00 at the Juventus Stadium before the Bosnia and Herzegovina match on Tuesday 11th June at 20:45.

On Monday 3rd June, the FIGC/Ospedale Pediatrico ‘Bambino Gesù’ partnership will be presented as will the FIGC/Acqua Lete partnership. On Tuesday 4th June, the Auditorium at Coverciano will be the venue for the “L’inno svelato-raccontato agli Azzurri della Nazionale di calcio” event with a concert promoted by the ANCRI and organised in colalboration with the Polizia di Stato about the meaning of the national anthem.

Italy Group J Standing after two games:   Italy is top of Group J on full points after beating Finland 2-0 and Liechtenstein 6-0. Greece and Bosnia Herzegovina both have four points, Finland while Armenia and Liechtenstein have no points.

  • THE UEFA EURO QUALIFIERS – Here is the situation as reported by UEFA. Qualifying for UEFA EURO 2020 will have 24 finalists. The 55 teams were split into ten groups of five or six. Four of the five groups of five contain one team that has qualified for the UEFA Nations League finals (to be played June 2019). The top two from each group will qualify for the final tournament, determining the first 20 places.

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Italy Squad List for the UEFA European Qualifiers games

Goalkeepers: Alessio Cragno (Cagliari), Pierluigi Gollini (Atalanta); Salvatore Sirigu (Torino), Antonio Mirante (Roma);

Defenders: Francesco Acerbi (Lazio), Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Mattia De Sciglio (Juventus), Emerson Palmieri (Chelsea), Alessandro Florenzi (Roma), Armando Izzo (Torino), Gianluca Mancini (Atalanta), Alessio Romagnoli (Milan), Leonardo Spinazzola (Juventus);

Midfielders: Nicolò Barella (Cagliari), Federico Bernardeschi (Juventus), Bryan Cristante (Roma), Frello Filho Jorge Luiz Jorginho (Chelsea), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), Stefano Sensi (Sassuolo), Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain), Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma);

Forwards: Andrea Belotti (Torino), Federico Chiesa (Fiorentina), Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma), Vincenzo Grifo (Friburgo), Ciro Immobile (Lazio), Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), Moise Kean (Juventus), Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari), Matteo Politano (Inter), Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria).

Staff – Head Coach: Roberto Mancini; National Team Coordintaor: Gabriele Oriali; Assistant Coaches: Alberico Evani, Attilio Lombardo, Giulio Nuciari, Fausto Salsano; Fitness coaches: Claudio Donatelli and Andrea Scanavino; Goalkeeping coach: Massimo Battara; Match Analyst: Antonio Gagliardi; Doctors: Andrea Ferretti and Carmine Costabile; Physiotherapist: Maurizio Fagorzi, Emanuele Randelli, Fabrizio Scalzi, Luca Lascialfari, Fabio Sannino; Hosteopath: Walter Marinelli; Nutritionist: Matteo Pincella.

Mancini calls up 33 players for Greece and Bosnia and Herzegovina qualifiers

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Italy Squad schedule and media commitments

Saturday 1 June 2019

12:00 CEST Squad to meet at Coverciano

13:30 Head Coach press conference

17:00 Training (first 15 minutes open to accredited press)

Sunday 2 June 2019

13:30 Press conference (players)

17:00 Training (first 15 minutes open to accredited press)

Monday 3 June 2019

13:30 Press conference

17:00 Training (first 15 minutes open to accredited press)

Tuesday 4 June 2019

11:30 Concert – “Inno svelato raccontato agli Azzurri” (open to accredited press).

13:30 Press conference (players)

17:00 Training (first 15 minutes open to accredited press)

Wednesday 5 June 2019

10:00 Training (closed door)

13:30 Press conference (players)

18:30 Training (first 15 minutes open to accredited press)

Thursday 6 June 2019

10:00 Training (closed door)

13:30 Press conference (players)

18:30 Training (closed door)

Friday 7 June 2019

09:00 Transfer to Florence airport

10:00 Flight from Florence to Athens

13:00 l.t.* Arrival and transfer to hotel

17:30 l.t. Press conference MD-1 c/o ‘OACA Spyros Louis Stadium’

18:00 l.t. Training MD-1 c/o ‘OACA Spyros Louis Stadium’ (first 15 minutes open to accredited press)

Saturday 8 June 2019

21:45 l.t. MD3 Greece–Italy – ’Spyros Louis Stadium’

Sunday 9 June 2019

11:00 l.t. Training (closed door)

15:45 l.t. Airport transfer

17:00 l.t. Flight from Athens to Turin

19:00 Arrival and transfer to the hotel

Monday 10 June 2019

17:30 Press conference MD-1 c/o “Juventus Stadium”

18:00 Training MD-1 c/o “Juventus Stadium” (first 15 minutes open to accredited press)

Tuesday 11 June 2019

20:45 MD4 Italy–Bosnia Herzegovina – “Juventus Stadium”

 

European Qualifier Result: ITALY 6 – 0 LIECHTENSTEIN, Tuesday 26 March 2019

 

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78% Ball Possession ITALY and 22% Ball Possession LIECHTENSTEIN

Italy Italy 6 – 0 Liechtenstein

17′ Stefano Sensi
32′ Marco Verratti
35′ Fabio Quagliarella (pen)
45′ Fabio Quagliarella (pen)
69′ Moise Kean
76′ Leonardo Pavoletti

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Italy is set for their quest to conquer a spot in the UEFA EURO 2020. Italy defeating Liechtenstein on Tuesday 26 March 2019 at the Ennio Tardini Stadium in Parma, Italy. The match is for the Qualifying round – Group J.   Surely, Italy living a great moment reaching 6 points and a positive goal difference of +8.   It is also a historic game for forward Fabio Quagliarella becoming Italy’s all-time oldest goalscorer, at the age of 36 years and 54 days to score in the Italian team.  A plus also is for young Moise Kean youngest player (19 years old) scoring for Italy in two consecutive games.

UEFA Euro Qualifying Standing as of March 26, 2019 Played Won Draws Lost For Against Goal difference Points
Italy 2 2 0 0 8 0 8 6
Greece 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 4
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 4
Finland 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
Armenia 2 0 0 2 1 4 -3 0
Liechtenstein 2 0 0 2 0 8 -8 0

Italy opening the sore in the 17th miute. It is Stefano Sensi to defeat Liechtenstein goalkeeper Benjamin Büchel with a headed shot in the top left corner. The assist is by Leonardo Spinazzola with a cross

Way to go and Italy is just rocking. In the 32nd minute, he goal by forward Marco Verratti with a right footed shot in the bottom right corner. Amazing! You bet Coach Roberto Mancini must be delighted to see the youngsters in action!

Oops! Referee Kirill Levnikov gives a penalty to Italy conceded by Daniel Kaufmann following a handball inside the penalty area.  Kaufmann also gets a red card leaving the team with 10 players for violent conduct.  It is great Fabio Quagliarella to take the responsibility and not missing it! Yep! Quagliarella converting the penalty with a right footed shot leaving no hope for Liechtenstein goalkeeper!!!!

Let’s party!!!!!! It is again the great youngster 36-years old Fabio Quagliarella converting another penalty and the score is 4-0. Yep, my friends, Quagliarella defeats goalkeeper with a right footed shot and the party is on with players and fans celebrating. Young at heart!!! oh yeahhh!

What a super goal. It is a combo goal with the action seeing Quagliarella making the headed assist finding Moise Kean ready to just score with a headed shot!!!!!! What a momnet! Spectacular!

Just a magic moment for Leonardo Pavoletti! Pavoletti substituted Fabio Quagliarella in the 72nd minute and scores in the 76th minute! Are you kidding me!!!! Pavoeletti defeats goalkeeper with a headed shot in the bottom right corner. The assist is by Gianluca Mancini.

Here is ITALY official starting lineup – formation by Head Coach Roberto Mancini:

ITALY (4-3-3): Sirigu; Spinazzola, Bonucci, Romagnoli, Mancini; Verratti, Jorginho, Sensi; Kean, Quagliarella, Politano.

Here is ITALY official starting lineup – formation by Head Coach Helgi Kolvidsson:

LIECHTENSTEIN (4-4-2): B.Büchel; Wolfinger, Kaufmann, Hofer, Goppel; Kuhne, S.Wieser, Polverino, Sele Haseler, Salanovic.

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Qualifying round – Group J

Italy 5 – 0 Liechtenstein
Tuesday 26 March 2019
Ennio Tardini Stadium
Parma, Italy

20:45

Referee: Kirill Levnikov (RUS)
Assistant referees: Dmitri Mosyakin (RUS) and Aleksei Vorontsov (RUS)
Fourth official: Vladimir Moskalev (RUS)

Goals: 17′ Stefano Sensi (I),  32′ Marco Verratti (I), 35′ Fabio Quagliarella (I)(pen), 45′ Fabio Quagliarella (I)(pen), 69′ Moise Kean (I)

Official lineups – formations:

ITALY (4-3-3): Sirigu; Spinazzola, Bonucci, Romagnoli, Mancini; Verratti, Jorginho, Sensi; Kean, Quagliarella, Politano.

Subs: Donnarumma Cragno, Biraghi Pezzella, Pavoletti, Grifo, Chiellini, Barella, Bernardeschi, Immobile, Zaniolo.

Head Coach: Roberto Mancini

LIECHTENSTEIN (4-4-2): B.Büchel; Wolfinger, Kaufmann, Hofer, Goppel; Kuhne, S.Wieser, Polverino, Sele Haseler, Salanovic.

Subs: Hobi, Majer, Brandle, Malin, Ospelt, Sele, Kuhne, Meier, Yildiz, Eberle, Frick, Buchel, Gubser.

Head Coch: Helgi Kolvidsson

European Qualifiers: Italy vs Liechtenstein, Official starting lineups, Tuesday 26 March 2019

 

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Italy Italy – Liechtenstein

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Here are the official starting lineups – formations for the European Qualification game Italy vs Liechtenstein on Tuesday 26 March 2019 at the Ennio Tardini Stadium in Parma, Italy at 20:45. The match is for the Qualifying round – Group J.  It is Referee Kirill Levnikov from Russia to direct the game.

ITALY (4-3-3): Sirigu; Spinazzola, Bonucci, Romagnoli, Mancini; Verratti, Jorginho, Sensi; Kean, Quagliarella, Politano.

Subs: Donnarumma Cragno, Biraghi Pezzella, Pavoletti, Grifo, Chiellini, Barella, Bernardeschi, Immobile, Zaniolo.

Head Coach: Roberto Mancini

LIECHTENSTEIN (4-4-2): B.Büchel; Wolfinger, Kaufmann, Hofer, Goppel; Kuhne, S.Wieser, Polverino, Sele Haseler, Salanovic.

Subs: Hobi, Majer, Brandle, Malin, Ospelt, Sele, Kuhne, Meier, Yildiz, Eberle, Frick, Buchel, Gubser.

Head Coch: Helgi Kolvidsson

Referee Levnikov will be assisted by Dmitri Mosyakin (RUS) and Aleksei Vorontsov (RUS). The fourth official will be Vladimir Moskalev (RUS).

UEFA Qualifying as of 3-23-2019 Played Won Draws Lost For Against Goal difference Points
Italy 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
Greece 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
Armenia 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
Finland 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
Liechtenstein 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0

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Qualifying round – Group J

Italy – Liechtenstein
Tuesday 26 March 2019
Ennio Tardini Stadium
Parma, Italy

20:45

Referee: Kirill Levnikov (RUS)
Assistant referees: Dmitri Mosyakin (RUS) and Aleksei Vorontsov (RUS)
Fourth official: Vladimir Moskalev (RUS)

UEFA EURO Qualifiers: Italy vs Liechtenstein, Match Officials, Referee Kirill Levnikov, Tuesday 26 March 2019

 

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Italy Italy – Liechtenstein

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UEFA announcing the match officials for the European Qualification game Italy vs Liechtenstein on Tuesday 26 March 2019 at the Ennio Tardini Stadium in Parma, Italy at 20:45.  The match is for the Qualifying round – Group J.  It is Referee Kirill Levnikov from Russia to direct the game.

Referee Levnikov will be assisted by Dmitri Mosyakin (RUS) and Aleksei Vorontsov (RUS). The fourth official will be Vladimir Moskalev (RUS).

UEFA  Qualifying as of 3-23-2019 Played Won Draws Lost For Against Goal difference Points
Italy 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
Greece 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
Armenia 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
Finland 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
Liechtenstein 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0

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Qualifying round – Group J

Italy – Liechtenstein
Tuesday 26 March 2019
Ennio Tardini Stadium
Parma, Italy

20:45

Referee:  Kirill Levnikov (RUS)
Assistant referees: Dmitri Mosyakin (RUS) and Aleksei Vorontsov (RUS)
Fourth official: Vladimir Moskalev (RUS)

EURO Qualifying RESULT: ITALY 2 – 0 FINLAND, Saturday 23 March 2019

 

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58% Ball Possession ITALY and 42% Ball Possession FINLAND

Italy Italy 2 – 0 Finland

7′ Nicolò Barella
74′ Moise Kean

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The road to the UEFA EURO 2020 is starting with a victory for Italy.   In this rebuilding period to form the “New Italy,” we see two young players scoring their first goals with the Italian National team:  Nicolò Barella and Moise Kean.   Italy defeating Finland with a 2-0 on Saturday 23 March 2019 at the Friuli Stadium in Udine, Italy . The match is for the Qualifying round – Group J.

Way to go Italy and thumbs up to Head Coach Roberto Mancini on his quest to bring Italy back to its glory!  Next game Matchday 2 is on 26 March against Liechtenstein.  So, let’s keep the ball rolling….

UEFA  Qualifying as of 3-23-2019 Played Won Draws Lost For Against Goal difference Points
Italy 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
Greece 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
Armenia 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
Finland 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
Liechtenstein 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0

Wow, what a super start! It is just an amazing goal. Young Nicolò Barella defeating Finland goalkeeper with a right footed shot in the bottom right corner. We are seeing the formation of the New Italy!

Oh boy, oh boy!!!! Mamma miaaaaaaa allow me to shout this goal GGGOOOOAAALLLLLLLLL Italy is rocking. In the 74th minute, another youngster sending a ray of hope for Italy’s rebirth to their greatness. It is Moise Kean to run fast enough to smack a left footed shot all the way to the bottom left corner. Immediately, Kean celebrating by pointing at his shirt showing his name while the fans go wild too. The assist is by forward Ciro Immobile with a through ball. You bet Kean can celebrate in grand style because it is his first goal with the Italian team!

Here is ITALY official starting lineup – formation by Head Coach Roberto Mancini:

ITALY (4-3-3): Donnarumma; Piccini, Bonucci, Chiellini, Biraghi; Barella, Jorginho, Verratti; Bernardeschi, Immobile, Kean.

Here is ITALY official starting lineup – formation by Head Coach Markku Kanerva:

FINLAND (5-4-1): Hradecky; Pirinen, Arajuuri, S. Vaisanen, Toivio, Granlund; Kamara, Hamalainen, Sparv, Lod; Pukki.
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Qualifying round – Group J

Italy 2 – 0 Finland
Saturday 23 March 2019
Stadio Friuli
Udine, Italy

20:45

Referee: Orel Grinfeld (ISR)
Assistant referees: Dvir Shimon (ISR) and Roy Hassan (ISR)
Fourth official: Erez Papir (ISR)

Goals: 7′ Nicolò Barella (I), 74′ Moise Kean (I)

Official lineups – formations:

ITALY (4-3-3): Donnarumma; Piccini, Bonucci, Chiellini, Biraghi; Barella, Jorginho, Verratti; Bernardeschi, Immobile, Kean.

Subs: Sirigu, Cragno, G. Mancini, Spinazzola, Romagnoli, Grifo, Zaniolo, Sensi, Quagliarella, El Shaarawy, Pavoletti, Politano.

Head Coach: Roberto Mancini.

FINLAND (5-4-1): Hradecky; Pirinen, Arajuuri, S. Vaisanen, Toivio, Granlund; Kamara, Hamalainen, Sparv, Lod; Pukki.

Subs: Joronen, Jaakkola, Sumusalo, L. Vaisanen, Jensen, Lam, Taylor, Kaouko, Schuller, Soiri, Karjalainen, Lappalainen.

Head Coach: Markku Kanerva.