The 2nd day of the Gironi Tournament, Under 16’s, provided a wonderful opportunity for the Azzurrini to meet a special guest: Luciano Spalletti. The Technical Commissioner of the National Team A, after individually greeting the 61 players born in 2008 present at Coverciano, Spaletti spent over an hour in the "Renzo Righetti" room at the Federal Technical Center along with the Coordinator of Youth National Teams, Maurizio Viscidi, and his staff to closely understand the significant work being done to identify and simultaneously shape the future Azzurri. It was a stimulating meeting where various topics were discussed, such as scouting, delving into the details of the evaluation methods used, and the performances of the youth national teams, analyzing the matches from every aspect.

In the afternoon, following the pleasant visit of the Azzurri head coach, the Under 16 National Team took to the field and secured a victory over Representative B with a goal scored by Cristian Carrara (Inter) in the 57th minute. The final act of the event is scheduled for tomorrow, Sunday, January 21 (at 11:00 CET), between Daniele Zoratto's boys and, the Representative A squad with Davide Cei, which yesterday defeated Emanuele Filippini's team 5-1

Under 16 National Team 1-0 Representative B

Scorer: 57' Carrara (N).

Under 16 National Team (4-3-1-2): Widmer D'Autilia (36' Huli); Lissi (36' Tavanti), Antonini (36' Breda), Bovio ©, Costabile (36' Calvani); Acatullo (36' Luongo), Treffiletti (36' La Torre), Comotto (36' Sorino); Blini (36' Lontani); Campaniello (36' Carrara), Zanaga (36' Busiello).

Unused Subs.: -

Coach: Daniele Zoratto.

Representative B (4-3-3): Giora (36' Giacomone); Creti (36' Marcon), Rinaldi (36' Soldani), Basile, Bolis (36' Bonora); Papaccioli (36' D'Agostino), Pandolfi © (36' Baralla), Giangreco (36' Lo Monaco); Befani (36' Pietro Teixeira), Amadio ©, Giugliano (36' Pedretti).

Unused Subs.: -

Coach: Emanuele Filippini.

Referee: Mr. Leonardo Rosini.

Assistant 1: Mr. Kelvis Laci

Assistant 2: Mr. Omar Abdoulkadir.

 

Notes: 0' PT, 0' ST recovery. Corners: 8-2.

 

Full squad list

Goalkeepers: Francesco Cereser (Torino), Giacomo Giacomone (Lazio), Federico Giora (Frosinone), Raffaele Huli (Juventus), Sebastiano Nava (Juventus), Renato Widmer D'Autilia (Bologna);

Defenders: Diego Antonini (Empoli), Filippo Basile (Roma), Tommaso Angelo Bolis (Atalanta), Alessandro Bonora (Juventus), Leonardo Noah Bovio (Inter), Cristian Breda (Inter), Christian Daniel Briguglio (Bologna), Lorenzo Calvani (Lazio)*, Samuele Carlaccini (Roma), Filippo Colafrancesco (Frosinone), Cristian Costabile (Sassuolo), Pantaleo Creti (Monza), Lorenzo Jeremie Fazio (Genoa), Alessio Insignito (Spezia), Thomas Lissi (Inter), Gabriel Marcon (Hellas Verona), Alessandro Rinaldi (Atalanta), Mauro Soldani (Bari), Davide Sorino (Inter), Stefano Specker (Juventus), Alberto Targa (Padova), Samuele Tavanti (Empoli);

Midfielders: Cristian Acatullo (Sassuolo), Pietro Arnaboldi (Milan), Alessio Baralla (Empoli), Samuel Beldenti (Brescia), Oliver Blini (Empoli), Benit Borasio (Juventus), Paolo Ceppi (Juventus), Christian Comotto (Milan), Giovanni D'Agostino (Inter), Giuseppe Forte (Sampdoria), Niccolò Giangreco (Genoa), Pietro La Torre (Inter), Luca Lo Monaco (Empoli), Simone Lontani (Milan), Andrea Luongo (Torino), Federico Maserati (Losanna), Fabio Pandolfi (Milan), Matteo Papaccioli (Como), Mattia Pedretti (Brescia), Francesco Reita (Lazio), Pietro Teixeira Falcetta (Roma), Danilo Treffiletti (Monza);

Forwards: Alex Amadio (Ascoli), Lorenzo Befani (Frosinone), Francesco Bellone (Genoa), Danilo Busiello (Empoli)**, Thomas Campaniello (Empoli), Cristian Carrara (Inter), Marco Giugliano (Benevento)*, Lorenzo Paratici (Sampdoria), Lorenzo Tosi (Pisa)***, Daniel Tumminelli (Sassuolo), Tancredi Vella (Roma), Edoardo Zanaga (Empoli).

*Additional call-up.

**In replacement of the unavailable Kevin Vitale Moressa (Inter).

***Unavailable.

Staff - Youth National Teams Coordinator: Maurizio Viscidi; Coach: Daniele Zoratto; Federal Technicians: Davide Cei and Emanuele Filippini; Goalkeeping Coordinator: Gaetano Petrelli; Junior Scouting Coordinator: Alessandro Musicco; Athletic Trainer: Luca Coppari; Goalkeeping Coach: Fabrizio Capodici; Match Analyst: Luca Dalmasso; Doctors: Edoardo Gaj and Sofia Calaciura Clarich; Physiotherapists: Manolo Ruggiero and Simone Siciliano; Nutritionist: Dennis Dell'Unto; Press Office: Alessandro Paoli; Secretary: Fabio Ferappi; Organization: Luca Gatto; Observers: Andrea Campatelli, Gianpietro Di Pierro, Claudio Gabetta, Italo Graziani, Domenica Maggiora, Antonio Martella, Matteo Orlandoni, Daniele Ranzato, Giovanni Re, Armando Reggiannini, Francesco Talarico, and Carlo Zanantoni.

Gironi Tournament

Group: Under 16 National Team, Representative A, and Representative B.

First day (Friday, 19 January)

Representative A 5-1 Representative B

Rest: Under 16 National Team

Second day (Saturday, 20 January)

Under 16 National Team1-0 Representative B

Rest: Representative A

Table: Representative A 3, Under 16 National Team 3, Representative B 0.

Third day (Sunday, 21 January)

11:00 CET: Under 16 National Team-Representative A

Rest: Representative B

Team rosters

Under 16 National Team

Goalkeepers: 12. Raffaele Huli (Juventus), 1. Renato Widmer D'Autilia (Bologna);

Defenders: 6. Diego Antonini (Empoli), 5. Leonardo Noah Bovio (Inter), 15. Cristian Breda (Inter), 16. Lorenzo Calvani (Lazio), 3. Cristian Costabile (Sassuolo), 2. Thomas Lissi (Inter), 13. Davide Sorino (Inter), 21. Samuele Tavanti (Empoli);

Midfielders: 7. Cristian Acatullo (Sassuolo), 10. Oliver Blini (Empoli), 8. Christian Comotto (Milan), 14. Pietro La Torre (Inter), 20. Simone Lontani (Milan), 18. Andrea Luongo (Torino), 4. Danilo Treffiletti (Monza);

Forwards: 19. Danilo Busiello (Empoli), 9. Thomas Campaniello (Empoli), 17. Cristian Carrara (Inter), 11. Edoardo Zanaga (Empoli).

Coach: Daniele Zoratto.

Representative A

Goalkeepers: 1. Francesco Cereser (Torino), 12. Sebastiano Nava (Juventus);

Defenders: 5. Cristian Daniel Briguglio (Bologna), 3. Samuele Carlaccini (Roma), 13. Filippo Colafrancesco (Frosinone), 15. Lorenzo Jeremie Fazio (Genoa), 21. Alessio Insignito (Spezia), 2. Stefano Specker (Juventus), 6. Alberto Targa (Padova);

Midfielders: 8. Pietro Arnaboldi (Milan), 17. Samuel Beldenti (Brescia), 7. Benit Borasio (Juventus) 4. Paolo Ceppi (Juventus), 10. Giuseppe Forte (Sampdoria), 14. Federico Maserati (Losanna), 18. Francesco Reita (Lazio);

Forwards: 20. Francesco Bellone (Genoa), 11. Lorenzo Paratici (Sampdoria), 9. Daniel Tumminelli (Sassuolo), 19. Tancredi Vella (Roma).

Coach: Davide Cei.

Representative B

Goalkeepers: 1. Giacomo Giacomone (Lazio), 12. Federico Giora (Frosinone);

Defenders: 6. Filippo Basile (Roma), 13. Tommaso Angelo Bolis (Atalanta), 3. Alessandro Bonora (Juventus), 21. Pantaleo Creti (Monza), 2. Gabriel Marcon (Hellas Verona), 5. Alessandro Rinaldi (Atalanta), 16. Mauro Soldani (Bari);

Midfielders: 14. Alessio Baralla (Empoli), 17. Giovanni D'Agostino (Inter), 8. Niccolò Giangreco (Genoa), 18. Luca Lo Monaco (Empoli), 4. Fabio Pandolfi (Milan), 7. Matteo Papaccioli (Como), 20. Mattia Pedretti (Brescia), 10. Pietro Teixeira Falcetta (Roma);

Forwards: 9. Alex Amadio (Ascoli), 11. Lorenzo Befani (Frosinone), 19. Marco Giugliano (Benevento).

Coach: Emanuele Filippini.