Last two fixtures of the year for the National Under 16 team, who met at Coverciano yesterday evening ahead of the double friendly match against Austria. The matches will be played at the Centro Tecnico Federale tomorrow (15:00 CET, live streaming on the FIGC website) and Thursday (11:00 CET). In place of the injured Diego Pisani (Fiorentina), coach Daniele Zoratto has called up Parma midfielder Ernesto Perin,
who will have his first training session with his teammates this afternoon.

The Under-16 National team is aiming to close a year full of satisfaction, which saw it win the prestigious Val de Marne Tournament in November and get the better of national teams of the calibre of Spain, England, the Netherlands, France and Belgium in recent months in the best possible way

Squad list

Goalkeepers: Alessandro Nunziante (Benevento), Tommaso Vannucchi (Fiorentina);
Defenders: Christian Garofalo (Napoli), Federico Colombo (Milan), Giorgio Vezzosi (Sassuolo), Cristian Cama (Roma), Mattia Cappelletti (Milan), Gianluca Maggiore (Atalanta), Siaka Khallouki Diallo (Juventus), Nickolas Ikenna Eyeh (Hellas);
Midfielders: Giacomo Arduini (Roma), Alessandro Ciardi (Inter), Alessandro Di Nunzio (Roma), Niccolò Gariani (Atalanta), Matias Mancuso (Inter), Alessandro Olivieri (Empoli), Andrea Orlandi (Empoli), Ernesto Perin* (Parma);
Forwards: Francesco Camarda (Milan), Stefano Maiorana (Fiorentina), Gabriele Mazzetti (Bologna), Elia Plicco (Parma).

*called up in place of Diego Pisani (Fiorentina)

Staff – Coach: Daniele Zoratto; Assistant Coach: Davide Cei; Athletic Coach: Luca Coppari; Goalkeeper coach: Gianmatteo Mareggini; Match analyst: Luca Romualdi; Doctors: Giorgio Liberati Petrucci and Emanuele Fabrizi; Physiotherapist: Alessandro Sferrella; Nutritionist: Vito Flavio Valletta: Secretary, Aldo Blessich