This morning, the Centro Sportivo Piccolo in Cercola (NA) hosted the sixth meeting as part of the UEFA’s HatTrick V Antidoping project, this time with the Napoli Under 19s who are playing in the Primavera and the Youth League this season. The main aim of the project is to educate every player across Europe about Antidoping.

Paolo Nucci was there for the FIGC Antidoping Committee and Federico Verdi was present for NADO Italy, they educated the youngster and the medical and technical staff on the list of prohibited substances; the Registered Testing pool, and on the exemption requests for therapeutic use (TUE). The next meeting will be with the Women’s National team on Monday 27 at the Federal Technical Centre in Coverciano.