By Anna Italia
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Italy head coach Antonio Conte has called up 28 players for the 2 friendly games Belgium vs Italy on Friday 13 November at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels and Italy vs Romania on Tuesday, 17th November at the Renato Dall’Ara Stadium in Bologna, Italy.
Juventus midfielder Claduio Marchisio and AC Milan forward Alessio Cerci have not been part of the squad since March 2015 and returning now. Okaka has only played one game for the Azzurri scoring on his Italy debut on 14th November 2014 in a friendly against Albania.
As reported by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), the Italian team will meet up on Monday 9 November at the Technical Center of Coverciano. The team will train in the afternoon at 15:30 and the presentation of the new Italy shirt by PUMA will take place 10:30
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Italy Head Coach Antonio Conte
27 Italian Called Up Players / L’Elenco dei convocati
Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Daniele Padelli (Torino), Mattia Perin (Genoa), Salvatore Sirigu (Paris Saint Germain);
Defenders: Francesco Acerbi (Sassuolo), Luca Antonelli (Milan), Davide Astori (Fiorentina), Andrea Barzagli (Juventus), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Matteo Darmian (Manchester United), Mattia De Sciglio (Milan), Lorenzo De Silvestri (Sampdoria);
Midfielders: Giacomo Bonaventura (Milan), Antonio Candreva (Lazio), Alessio Cerci (Milan), Stephan El Shaarawy (AS Monaco), Alessandro Florenzi (Roma), Emanuele Giaccherini (Bologna), Claudio Marchisio (Juventus), Riccardo Montolivo (Milan), Marco Parolo (Lazio), Roberto Soriano (Sampdoria);
Forwards: Manolo Gabbiadini (Napoli), Eder Citadin Martins (Sampdoria), Stefano Okaka (Anderlecht), Graziano Pellé (Southampton), Simone Zaza (Juventus).
Staff: Head Coach: Antonio Conte; Team Manager: Gabriele Oriali; Secretary: Mauro Vladovich; Assitant Managers: Angelo Alessio, Massimo Carrera, Gianluca Spinelli, Gianluca Conte and Mauro Sandreani;
Fitness Coaches: Costantino Coratti and Paolo Bertelli; Doctors: Enrico Castellacci and Luca Gatteschi; Physios: Aldo Esposito, Alessandro Donato, Takahiro Yamamoto, Emanuele Randelli and Pasquale Raia.
Italy National Football Team Schedule from Monday 9 to Tuesday 17 November 2015
Monday, 9th November
10.30 Unveiling of the new PUMA shirt at Palazzo Vecchio (Florence)
12.30 Squad to assemble in Coverciano (SPONSOR DAY)
13.45 Press conference (head coach)
15.30 Training (open to the press for the first 20 minutes)
Tuesday, 10th November
10.00 Training (behind closed doors)
13.30 Press conference (players)
15.00 Training (open to the press for the first 20 minutes)
Wednesday, 11 November
10.00 Training (behind closed doors)
13.30 Press conference (players)
15.00 Training (open to the press for the first 20 minutes)
Thursday, 12 November
10.00 Training (behind closed doors)
16.00 Departure charter flight from Florence to Brussels
18.00 Arrival in Brussels and transfer to King Baudouin Stadium
19.00 Training (open to the press for the first 15 minutes)
Press conference and transfer to hotel
Friday, 13 November
20.45 Friendly BELGIUM vs. ITALY
After the game: press conference and transfer to hotel
Saturday, 14 November
10.30 Departure charter flight from Brussels to Florence
12.30 Arrival in Florence and transfer to Coverciano
15.30 Training (behind closed doors)
Sunday, 15 November
10.00 Training (behind closed doors)
13.30 Press conference (players)
15.00 Training (open to the press for the first 20 minutes)
Monday, 16 November
10.00 Training (behind closed doors)
16.30 Departure bus from Coverciano to Dall’Ara Stadium in Bologna
18.00 Training (open to the press for the first 15 minutes)
Press conference and transfer to hotel
Tuesday, 17 November
20.45 Friendly ITALY vs. ROMANIA
After the game: press conference and return of the players to their respective clubs