The Elite League of the Under 20 National Team resumes from Targoviste (Romania), the venue for the last match where Alberto Bollini's Azzurrini will be in the spotlight. After the first five matches, Italy is at the top of the table with 13 points and, against their Romanian counterparts (playing on Thursday, 21 March at 18:00 CET), will have the opportunity to secure the lead and win the tournament.

It will be the first official commitment for the Italy Under 20 in 2024: in the previous five Elite League matches, four victories (in September in the Czech Republic, in October in Catanzaro against Poland, in November in England, and in Sassuolo against Portugal) and one draw, which came in the opening match in Germany. Bollini has called up 22 players, who will gather on Monday at Coverciano and depart from Bologna the following day bound for Romania.

List of selected players:

Goalkeepers: Lorenzo Palmisani (Frosinone), Paolo Vismara (Atalanta);

Defenders: Samuele Angori (Pontedera), Tommaso Barbieri (Pisa), Giovanni Bonfanti (Atalanta), Pietro Comuzzo (Fiorentina), Alessandro Marcandalli (Reggiana), Filippo Missori (Sassuolo), Iacopo Regonesi (Atalanta), Alessandro Pio Riccio (Modena);

Midfielders: Lorenzo Amatucci (Ternana), Giacomo Faticanti (Ternana), Samuel Giovane (Ascoli), Lorenzo Ignacchiti (Pontedera), Niccolò Pisilli (Roma), Filippo Terracciano (Milan);

Forwards: Fabio Abiuso (Modena), Claudio Cassano (Cittadella), Luigi Cherubini (Roma), Luca D'Andrea (Catanzaro), Filippo Distefano (Ternana), Antonio Raimondo (Ternana).

Staff - Coach: Alberto Bollini; Team Manager: Evaristo Beccalossi; Assistant Coach: Marco Scarpa; Athletic Trainer: Nicolò Varesco; Goalkeeper Coach: Francesco Antonioli; Match Analyst: Luca Dalmasso; Doctors: Carmelo Papotto, Claudio Bagni; Physiotherapists: Angelo Cartocci, Giuseppe Galli; Nutritionist: Alessio Colli; Secretary: Luca Gatto.

Standings (in brackets the matches played): ITALY (5) 13, Germany (6) 11, Portugal (6) 9, Poland (4) 7, Norway (3) and Romania (5) 6, England (4) 3, Czech Republic (5) 0