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Italian Soccer Serie A supports Italy U-21 in the European Championship
Italy Head Coach of the Under-21 National Team Luigi Di Biagio announces his 23-man squad for the European Championship to be played in Italy for the first time from June 16 to June 30, 2019.
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Italy U-21 is in Group A with Spain, Belgium, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. As reported by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), Italy will kick off on Sunday 16 June at the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara in Bologna before facing Poland (Wednesday 19 June, 21:00 CEST in Bologna) and finally Belgium (Saturday 22 June at 21:00 CEST in Reggio Emilia).
Italy Under-21 Squad list for the European Championship
Goalkeepers: Emil Audero (Sampdoria), Alex Meret (Napoli), Lorenzo Montipò (Benevento);
Defenders: Claud Adjapong (Sassuolo), Alessandro Bastoni (Parma), Kevin Bonifazi (Spal), Arturo Calabresi (Bologna), Federico Dimarco (Parma), Gianluca Mancini (Atalanta), Giuseppe Pezzella (Genoa), Filippo Romagna (Cagliari);
Midfielders: Nicolò Barella (Cagliari), Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo), Rolando Mandragora (Udinese), Alessandro Murgia (Spal), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), Sandro Tonali (Brescia), Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma);
Forwards: Federico Chiesa (Fiorentina), Patrick Cutrone (Milan), Moise Bioty Kean (Juventus), Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), Andrea Pinamonti (Frosinone).
Staff – Delegation Head: Massimo Ambrosini; Team Manager: Vincenzo Marinelli; National Teams Co-ordinator: Maurizio Viscidi; Head Coach: Luigi Di Biagio; Secretary: Mauro Vladovich; Assistant Coaches: Massimo Mutarelli, Carmine Nunziata; Fitness Coach: Vito Azzone; Goalkeeper Coach: Antonio Chimenti; Match analyst: Filippo Lorenzon; Doctors: Angelo De Carli and Luca Gatteschi; Nutritionist: Cristian Petri; Physiotherapists: Enzo Paolini, Alfonso Casano, Emiliano Bozzetti. National teams department: Manfredi Martino.
Photo: figc.it
Italy Under-21 Schedule
Friday 7 June
16:00 Press conference with the Coach
17:00 Training (first 15 minutes open to the press)
Saturday 8 June
10:30 Training (closed)
13:00 Lunch
Training camp to end and players return home
Schedule for the European Championship
Monday 10 June
Meet at 12:00 CEST at the Admiral Park Hotel – Bologna
16:15 meeting with the press (player)
17:00 training at Casteldebole (open to the public)
Tuesday 11 June 2019
10:00 training (closed-door)
16:15 meeting with the press (player)
17:00 training at Casteldebole (first 15 minutes open to the press)
Wednesday 12 June 2019
11:00 Official photo at Casteldebole
18:00 training at Casteldebole (first 15 minutes open to the press)
Thursday 13 June 2019
10:00 training (closed-door)
16:15 meeting with the press (two players)
17:00 training at Casteldebole (first 15 minutes open to the press)
Friday 14 June 2019
10:30 training (closed-door)
13:30 Exclusive interview with UEFA.COM (Di Biagio and one player)
Saturday 15 June 2019
17:00 UEFA press conference at the Stadio “Dall’Ara”
17:30 training at the “Dall’Ara” in Bologna (first 15 minutes open to the press)
Sunday 16 June 2019
21:00 ITALY – SPAIN at the Stadio “Dall’Ara” in Bologna
Monday 17 June 2019
16:30 meeting with the press (player)
17:30 training at Casteldebole (first 15 minutes open to the press)
Tuesday 18 June 2019
15:30 UEFA press conference at the Stadio “Dall’Ara”
17:30 training at Casteldebole (first 15 minutes open to the press)
Wednesday 19 June 2019
21:00 ITALY – POLAND at the Stadio “Dall’Ara” in Bologna
Thursday 20 June 2019
16:30 meeting with the press (player)
17:30 training at Casteldebole (first 15 minutes open to the press)
Friday 21 June 2019
10:45 training at Casteldebole (first 15 minutes open to the press)
18:00 transfer to the Stadio “Città del Tricolore”
19:15 walk around at the Stadio “Città del Tricolore” before then heading to the Hotel Boiardo
19:30 UEFA press conference at the Stadio “Città del Tricolore”
Saturday 22 June 2019
21:00 BELGIUM – ITALY at the Stadio “Città del Tricolore” in Reggio Emilia
Saturday 23 June 2019
Players depart from the squad should they be eliminated.
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European Championship final 30 June 2019
20:45 Stadio Friuli in Udine
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