U21: Di Biagio announces the squad for the games against Ireland and Andorra. First call-up for Di Francesco

 
The team will meet up in Rome on Sunday 20thMarch and will travel to Dublin on Wednesday 23rd. Italy will play against Ireland in Waterford on Thursday 24th March (kick-off at 19:00 CET). The day after the squad will reach Spain and will have training sessions in Sant Cugat till Sunday 27th March. The Azzurrini will travel to Andorra on Monday and will play against the hosting team on 29th March (kick-off at 18:30 CET). The squad
Goalkeepers
: Alessio Cragno (Virtus Lanciano), Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan), Simone Scuffet (Como);
Defenders: Antonio Barreca (Cagliari), Davide Calabria (Milan), Mattia Caldara (Cesena), Andrea Conti (Atalanta), Alex Ferrari (Bologna), Adam Masina (Bologna), Alessio Romagnoli (Milan), Daniele Rugani (Juventus);
Midfielders: Marco Benassi (Torino), Danilo Cataldi (Lazio), Federico Di Francesco (Virtus Lanciano), Rolando Mandragora (Pescara), Luca Mazzitelli (Brescia), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Sassuolo), Stefano Sensi (Cesena);
Forwards: Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), Federico Bernardeschi (Fiorentina), 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; Physiotherpists: Enzo Paolini and Fabrizio Scalzi; Kitman: Claudio Gagliardi e Andrea Russo. The schedule (all times CET)
Sunday, 20th March
Meet-up before 12:30 at  “Mancini Park Hotel” – ROME
16:00 training session (behind closed doors) Monday, 21st March
10.00 training session (behind closed doors)
13.00 press conference (players)
16.00 training session (open to the press)  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 Center 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 Center 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 training session at “Centre d’Alt Rendiment” – Sant Cugat (behind closed doors) Monday, 28th March
10.00 transfer to “Hotel Centric Atiram” in Andorra
16.30 press conference “Estadi Municipal” in Andorra
17.30 training session at “ Estadi Municipal” in Andorra (open to the press for the first 15 ,minutes) Tuesday, 29th March
18.30 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 transfer to Barcelona airport and players and staff can reach their clubs.  
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