The squad
Goalkeepers: Alessio Cragno (Virtus Lanciano), Gianluigi Donnarumma (AC Milan), Simone Scuffet (Como);
Defenders: Antonio Barreca (Cagliari), Davide Calabria (AC Milan), Mattia Caldara (Cesena), Andrea Conti (Atalanta), Alex Ferrari (Bologna), Adam Masina (Bologna), Alessio Romagnoli (AC Milan);
Midfielders: Marco Benassi (Torino), Danilo Cataldi (Lazio), Federico Di Francesco (Virtus Lanciano), Alberto Grassi (Napoli), Rolando Mandragora (Pescara), Luca Mazzitelli (Brescia), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Sassuolo), Stefano Sensi (Cesena);
Forwards: Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), Kingsley Boateng (Bari), Alberto Cerri (Cagliari), Luca Garritano (Cesena), Gaetano Monachello (Atalanta), Federico Ricci (Crotone), Valerio Lorenzo Rosseti (Cesena).
Staff: Head of Delegation: Giancarlo Antognoni; Head Coach: Luigi Di Biagio; Assistant Coach: Carmine Nunziata; Secretary: Emiliano Cozzi; Goalkeeping Coach: Antonio Chimenti; Fitness coach: Vito Azzone; Doctors: Angelo De Carli and Carmine Costabile; Physiotherapists: Enzo Paolini and Fabrizio Scalzi; Kitmen: Claudio Gagliardi and Andrea Russo.
The schedule (all times CET unless specified)
Tuesday, 22nd March
10.00 training session (behind closed doors)
13.00 press conference (head coach)
16.00 training session (behind closed doors)
Wednesday, 23rd March
11.30 flight Rome/Dublin and transfer to Waterford – Hotel Woodlands
19.00 training at Regional Sports Centre Stadium of Waterford (open to the press for the first 15 minutes)
Thursday, 24th March
19.00 game REPUBLIC OF IRELAND v ITALY Under 21 at Regional Sports Centre Stadium – Waterford
Followed by press conference and transfer to the Hotel Clayton of Dublin
Friday, 25th March
11.30 training at AUL Complex – Dublin (behind closed doors)
17.20 flight Dublin/Barcelona and transfer to AC Hotel in Sant Cugat
Saturday, 26th March
13.00 press conference (players)
15.30 training session at Centre d’Alt Rendiment – Sant Cugat (behind closed doors)
Sunday, 27 March
15.30 CEST training session at Centre d’Alt Rendiment – Sant Cugat (behind closed doors)
Monday, 28th March
10.00 CEST transfer to Hotel Centric Atiram in Andorra
16.30 CEST press conference Estadi Municipal in Andorra
17.30 CEST training session at Estadi Municipal in Andorra (open to the press for the first 15 ,minutes)
Tuesday, 29th March
18.30 CEST match ANDORRA v ITALY Under 21 at Estadi Municipal – Andorra
Followed by press conference and transfer to AC Hotel in Sant Cugat
Wednesday 30th March
09.00 CEST transfer to Barcelona airport and players and staff can rejoin their clubs.
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