24 Azzurrini have been selected by coach Luigi Di Biagio, who called up Hellas Verona goalkeeper Pierluigi Gollini and Crotone midfielder Leonardo Capezzi for the first time. The squad will assemble in Mestre on Wednesday 1st June and the pre-match press conference will take place at 16:30 CET at Venice council’s Ca’ Farsetti meeting hall. Mayor Luigi Brugnaro, Under-21 coach Luigi Di Biagio, delegation head Giancarlo Antognoni, organiser for the national youth teams Giorgio Bottaro and Venezia Calcio president Joe Tacopina will be present along with the club’s sporting director Giorgio Perinetti.
List of the players selected
Goalkeepers: Pierluigi Gollini (Verona), Simone Scuffet (Como);
Defenders: Antonio Barreca (Cagliari), Davide Biraschi (Avellino), Arturo Calabresi (Brescia), Davide Calabria (Milan), Mattia Caldara (Cesena), Andrea Conti (Atalanta), Alex Ferrari (Bologna), Adam Masina (Bologna), Michele Somma (Brescia);
Midfielders: Leonardo Capezzi (Crotone), Danilo Cataldi (Lazio), Roberto Gagliardini (Atalanta), Alberto Grassi (Napoli), Luca Mazzitelli (Brescia), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Sassuolo);
Forwards: Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), Alberto Cerri (Cagliari), Luca Garritano (Cesena), Gaetano Monachello (Atalanta), Vittorio Parigini (Perugia), Federico Ricci (Crotone), Valerio Lorenzo Rosseti (Cesena).
Staff – Delegation head: Giancarlo Antognoni; Accompanying director: Vincenzo Marinelli; Coach: Luigi Di Biagio; Assistant coach Carmine Nunziata; Secretary: Emiliano Cozzi; Goalkeeping coach: Antonio Chimenti; Goalkeeping coach: Vito Azzone; Doctors: Angelo De Carli and Carmine Costabile; Physiotherapists: Enzo Paolini and Fabrizio Scalzi; Equipment managers: Riccardo Vitale and Andrea Russo
The team’s schedule
Saturday 28th May
Gather at the ‘NH Laguna Palace’ hotel – Mestre
18:30 CET- Training at the Taliercio sports centre (closed) – Mestre
Sunday 29th May
10:30 CET- Training at the Taliercio sports centre- closed
16:30 CET- Training at the Taliercio sports centre- closed
Monday 30th May
10:30 CET- Training at the Taliercio sports centre (Open to the media) – Mestre
13:15 CET: Meeting with the media at NH Hotel (Players)
Tuesday 31st May
10:30 CET- Training at the Taliercio sports centre (Closed) – Mestre
13:00 CET- Meeting with the media at the NH Hotel (Players)
Wednesday 1st June
16:30 CET- Pre-match press conference at the council meeting hall Ca’Farsetti
18:30 CET- Training at Venice’s Penzo Stadium (Open to the media for the opening 15 minutes)
Thursday 2nd June
21:00 CET- Italy Under-21 vs. France Under-21 friendly at Venice’s Pier Luigi Penzo Stadium.
There will be meetings with the media after the game befire the players and staff will then return to their respective bases.
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