A month and a half after the great win against Sweden (3-1 with goals from Pavan, Massimino and Glionna), the National Under 23 Women's team returns to meet at the Centro Tecnico Federale in Coverciano to face the Dutch and Norwegian players in a friendly match. Two more difficult tests, scheduled respectively on Thursday 6th (15:30 CEST) and Monday 10th April (14:30 CEST), useful to evaluate the growth of a team that, besides Sweden, have already beaten opponents of the calibre of Belgium and Portugal and came close to winning against England (0-0 in the match played in November at the 'Tre Fontane' in Rome).

Coach Nazzarena Grilli has called up 24 players, who will gather on Sunday 2 April at the CTF in Coverciano and from the following day will get to training ahead of the two friendly matches, both of which will be broadcast live via streaming on the figc.it website.




The squad list

Goalkeepers: Roberta Aprile (Juventus), Beatrice Beretta (Como Women), Astrid Gilardi (Inter)
Defenders: Federica Cafferata (Fiorentina), Michela Giordano (Sampdoria), Marika Massimino (Ternana), Beatrice Merlo (Inter), Chiara Pucci (Seton Hall University New York), Chiara Robustellini (Inter), Emma Severini (Fiorentina), Angelica Soffia (Milan)
Midfielders: Veronica Battelani (Pomigliano), Melissa Bellucci (Sassuolo), Valentina Gallazzi (Pomigliano), Alice Giai (Hellas Verona), Irene Santi (Inter), Martina Tomaselli (Sassuolo)
Forwards: Nicole Arcangeli (Parma), Alice Ilaria Berti (Servette), Agnese Bonfantini (Sampdoria), Alice Corelli (Pomigliano), Miriam Chiara Longo (Fiorentina), Margherita Monnecchi (Fiorentina), Elisa Polli (Inter) 

Staff - Head coach: Nazzarena Grilli; Assistant coach: Samantha Dolci: Athletic trainer: Francesco Chiatto; Goalkeeper coach: Pasquale Pastore, Mattia Volpi; Match analyst: Gianluca Mazziotti: Doctors: Salvatore Caruso, Francesco De Carli; Physiotherapist: Matteo Cossa; Secretary: Sabrina Filacchione, Elena Moretti