Training session over and shirt numbers assigned for the England friendly

Italian National Team

Training session over and shirt numbers assigned for the England friendly

The Azzurri pre-match training session, which took place at the Juventus stadium in Turin, lasted approximately one hour and a half. The same stadium will play host to the prestigious friendly against England tomorrow night at 20:45 CEST. The first part of today’s training session consisted of warm-up exercises, followed by the squad splitting into teams and playing mini matches against one another.
Andrea Pirlo visited the Azzurri at their hotel this morning. The Juventus midfielder, who was not included into the squad after sustaining an injury on the 24th February, wanted to greet head coach Conte and his teammates ahead of the match against England.

Azzurri shirt numbers for the England friendly

Goalkeepers: 1 Buffon (Juventus), 25 Marchetti (Lazio), 12 Sirigu (Paris Saint-Germain);

Defenders: 15 Barzagli (Juventus), 19 Bonucci (Juventus), 3 Chiellini (Juventus), 24 Moretti (Torino), 13 Ranocchia (Inter);

Midfielders: 2 Abate (Milan), 5 Antonelli (Milan), 6 Candreva (Lazio), 11 Cerci (Milan), 4 Darmian (Torino), 18 Florenzi (Roma), 16 Parolo (Lazio), 26 Santon (Inter) 8 Soriano (Sampdoria), 14 Valdifiori (Empoli), 10 Verratti (Paris Saint-Germain);

Forwards: 17 Eder (Sampdoria), 22 Gabbiadini (Napoli), 9 Immobile (Borussia Dortmund), 20 Pellé (Southampton), 23 Vazquez (Palermo), 7 Zaza (Sassuolo).

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