The Under-18 National Team will start the year with a friendly against Turkey. 20 players born in 2002 have been called up by the Coach Bernardo Corradi and they will gather on the evening of Sunday 12th January at the Mancini Park Hotel in Rome where they will train twice on Monday 13th January before heading to Turkey on the Tuesday after. The match against Turkey will be on Wednesday 15th January with kick-off at 13:00 in Riva.

Squad List

Goalkeepers: Marco Molla (Bologna), Filippo Rinaldi (Parma);

Defenders: Tommaso Barbieri (Novara), Giorgio Cittadini (Atalanta), Christian Di Marco (Inter), Francesco Lamanna (Cremonese), Alessandro Pio Riccio (Juventus), Matteo Ruggeri (Atalanta), Mattia Viti (Empoli);

Midfielders: Riccardo Chio Boscolo (Inter), Michael Brentan (Sampdoria), Andrea Capone (Milan), Gaetano Pio Oristanio (Inter), Nikola Sekulov (Juventus), Diego Orlando Simonetta (Sassuolo), Niccolò Squizzato (Inter);

Forwards: Alessandro Arlotti (Monaco), Nicholas Bonfanti (Inter), Nicolò Cudrig (Monaco), Antonio Reda (Atalanta).

Staff – Coach: Bernardo Corradi; Assistant coach: Elvis Abbruscato; Secretary: Luca Gatto; Fitness coach: Mattia Modonutti; Goalkeeping coach: Davide Quironi; Doctor: Daniele Mazza; Physiotherapist: Angelo Cartocci.