The Under-16 Tornei dei Gironi tournament, which took place at the Federal Technical Centre in Coverciano from Friday 19 January until today, ended in success for the Representative A Team. Davide Cei's boys won the event after beating Daniele Zoratto's National Under-16 team 1-0 thanks to a wonderful left-footed free-kick from the right side of the penalty area by Francesco Reita (Lazio) in the 41st minute.

National U16 0-1 Representative A Team
Scorer: 41' Reita (A).

National U16 (4-3-1-2) : Huli (36' Widmer D'Autilia); Lissi (36' Tavanti), Antonini, Bovio (36' Rinaldi*), Sorino (36' Calvani); Acatullo (36' Luongo), La Torre (36' Costabile), Comotto ©; Blini (36' Busiello); Campaniello (36' Carrara), Lontani (36' Zanaga).
Unused Subs: -
Head Coach: Daniele Zoratto.

*called up from the Representative B Team to replace Breda.

 

Representative A Team (4-3-3) : Nava (36' Cereser); Specker (36' Insignito), Briguglio (36' Targa), Fazio ©, Carlaccini (36' Colafrancesco); Borasio (36' Beldenti), Arnaboldi © (36' Maserati), Ceppi (36' Reita); Paratici (36' Bellone), Tumminelli (36' Forte), Vella.
Unused subs: -
Head Coach: Davide Cei.

Referee: Mr. Luca Moni.
Assistant 1: Mr. Alessandro Rastrelli.
Assistant 2: Mr. Karim Saoud.

Notes: no stoppage-time: Corners: 4-4.

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 (Lausanne), 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).

*Called up afterwards.
**to replace the unavailable Kevin Vitale Moressa (Inter).
***Unavailable.

Staff - National Youth Coordinator: Maurizio Viscidi; Head Coach: Daniele Zoratto; Federal Coaches: Davide Cei and Emanuele Filippini; Goalkeeper Coordinator: Gaetano Petrelli; Junior scouting area representative: Alessandro Musicco; Fitness Coach: Luca Coppari; Goalkeeping Coach: Fabrizio Capodici; Match Analyst: Luca Dalmasso; Doctors: Edoardo Gaj and Sofia Calaciura Clarich; Physiotherapist: Manolo Ruggiero and Simone Siciliano; Nutritionist: Dennis Dell'Unto; Press Office: Alessandro Paoli; Secretary: Fabio Ferappi; Organisation: Luca Gatto; Scouts: 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.

Tornei dei Gironi tournament

Groups: National U16s, Representative A and Representative B.

Day 1 (Friday 20 January)
Representative A 5-1 Representative B
Rest: National U16

Day 2 (Saturday 20 January)
National U16 1-0 Representative B
Rest: Representative A

Day 3 (Sunday 21 January)
National U16 0-1 Representative A 0-1
Rest: Representative B

Standings: Representative A 6, National U16s 3, Representative B 0.

Squad Lists

National U16

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).
Head 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 (Lausanne), 18. Francesco Reita (Lazio);
Forwards: 20. Francesco Bellone (Genoa), 11. Lorenzo Paratici (Sampdoria), 9. Daniel Tumminelli (Sassuolo), 19. Tancredi Vella (Roma).
Head 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).
Head Coach: Emanuele Filippini.