Italy U21

[antony]

Italy Under 21

Nickname: Gli Azzurrini

Official Website: Figc.it

Manager: Devis Mangia

Team Roster:



Goalkeepers:
#1 - Francesco Bardi - Novara
#12 - Simone Colombi - Modena
#23 - Nicola Leali - Lanciano

Defenders:
#2 - Giulio Donati - Grosseto
#3 - Paolo Frascatore - Sassuolo
#4 - Marco Capuano - Pescara
#6 - Luca Caldirola - Brescia (captain)
#13 - Simone Romagnoli - Spezia
#14 - Cristiano Biraghi - Cittadella
#21 - Vasco Regini - Empoli
#22 - Matteo Bianchetti - Verona

Midfielders:
#5 - Luca Marrone - Juventus
#7 - Riccardo Saponara - Empoli
#8 - Alessandro Florenzi - Roma
#15 - Fausto Rossi - Brescia
#17 - Andrea Bertolacci - Genoa
#19 - Federico Viviani - Padova
#20 - Marco Crimi - Grosseto

Strikers:
#9 - Ciro Immobile - Genoa
#10 - Lorenzo Insigne - Napoli
#11 - Manolo Gabbiadini - Bologna
#16 - Nicola Sansone - Parma
#18 - Alberto Paloschi - Chievo

Recent Call-ups:

Goalkeepers:
Mattia Perin - Pescara

Defenders:
Luca Antei - Sassuolo

Midfielders:
Jacopo Sala - Hamburger
Daniele Baselli - Cittadella
Nicola Bellomo - Bari

Strikers:
Francesco Fedato - Bari


Formation:



GK: Bardi
CB: Capuano
CB: Caldirola (captain)
RB: Donati
LB: Biraghi
DMF: Florenzi
DMF: Marrone
RMF: Saponara
LMF: Insigne
SS: Gabbiadini
CF: Immobile

Long Free Kicks: Florenzi
Short Free Kicks: Insigne
FK 2nd Taker: Saponara / Florenzi
Left Corner Kicks: Insigne
Right Corner Kicks: Insigne
Penalties: Immobile
Players to come up on set pieces: Capuano, Caldirola, Marrone

[DeFrenZ]

Italian U21 are always exceptional... and this one too is.

Too bad we are fixed on those big names like Balotelli and Macheda :\ The NT would probably better without them.

[Ace]

new call-ups:

Portieri: Fiorillo (Sampdoria), Mannone (Arsenal), Seculin (Fiorentina).
Difensori: Angella (Empoli), Ariaudo (Juventus), Bellusci (Catania), Brivio (Vicenza), De Silvestri (Fiorentina), Ogbonna (Torino), Ranocchia (Bari), Renzetti (Padova); Santon (Inter)
Centrocampisti: Barillà (Reggina), Bolzoni (Frosinone), Marrone (Juventus), Mustacchio (Ancona), Poli (Sampdoria), Schelotto (Cesena), Soriano (Sampdoria).
Attaccanti: Balotelli (Inter), Borini (Chelsea), Marilungo (Sampdoria), Paloschi (Parma).

[DeFrenZ]

this u21 looks even stronger than the previous one... it's shocking knowing that this will probably fail too

i hope not though

[Ace]

New call-ups:

Portieri: Mannone (Arsenal), Perin (Genoa);
Difensori: Angella (Empoli), Ariaudo (Cagliari), Bellusci (Catania), Bianco (Sassuolo), Cremonesi (Cremonese), De Silvestri (Fiorentina), Ogbonna (Torino);
Centrocampisti: Bolzoni (Frosinone), Casarini (Bologna), Di Gennaro (Livorno), Marrone (Juventus), Mustacchio (Ancona), Poli (Sampdoria), Schelotto (Cesena);
Attaccanti: Balotelli (Inter), Borini (Chelsea), Marilungo (Lecce), Okaka (Fulham).
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First call for Casarini and Bianco. Fiorillo and Ranocchia are injured (I think also Paloschi). I will make some changes after matches.

[Ace]

Full updated first post.

Casiraghi made a little revolution after first bad matches, he tried lot of new players. I believe this list balance the last names called with older, taking in mind Ranocchia (who is vice-©) is injured and Santon can be called in senior team if he will restart playing like last season (but sadly I think he'll miss WC, so it's right to keep him in U21)

[Ace]

New call-ups:

Portieri: Vito Mannone (Arsenal), Mattia Perin (Genoa).

Difensori: Gabriele Angella (Empoli), Lorenzo Ariaudo (Cagliari), Giuseppe Bellusci (Catania), Danilo D'Ambrosio (Torino), Antonio Mazzotta (Pescara), Angelo Obinze Ogbonna (Torino), Andrea Ranocchia (Genoa).

Centrocampisti: Antonino Barillà (Reggina), Francesco Bolzoni (Siena), Lorenzo Crisetig (Inter), Luca Marrone (Juventus), Cristian Pasquato (Modena), Andrea Poli (Sampdoria), Ezequiel Matias Schelotto (Cesena).

Attaccanti: Fabio Borini (Chelsea), Federico Macheda (Manchester United), Stefano Okaka (Roma), Alberto Paloschi (Parma).
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IMO, no changes needed, Santon is injured and Balotelli is with senior team. Macheda is the "natural" replacement for Balotelli (for sure about ego). I'm happy Casiraghi is finally creating a group.

[Epsi]

Portieri: Colombi (Alessandria), Mannone (Arsenal), Perin (Genoa).

Difensori: Angella (Empoli), Ariaudo (Cagliari), Biraghi (Inter), D'Ambrosio (Torino), Mazzotta (Pescara), Natalino (Inter), Ogbonna (Torino), Ranocchia (Bari)

Centrocampisti: Bolzoni (Siena), Bonaventura (Atalanta), Fabbrini (Empoli), Marrone (Siena), Mazzarani (Modena), Mustacchio (Varese), Pasquato (Modena), Schelotto (Cesena), Soriano (Empoli)

Attaccanti: Borini (Chelsea), Marilungo (Sampdoria), Okaka (Roma), Paloschi (Parma)

[Ace]

Players called to play against Belarus:

Portieri: Mannone (Arsenal), Perin (Genoa), Frison (Vicenza)

Difensori: Angella (Udinese), Ariaudo (Cagliari), Biraghi (Inter), De Silvestri (Fiorentina), Ogbonna (Torino), Ranocchia (Genoa), Rispoli (Lecce), Santon (Inter)

Centrocampisti: Bolzoni (Siena), D'Alessandro (Bari), Fabbrini (Empoli), Marrone (Siena), Mustacchio (Varese), Poli (Sampdoria), Schelotto (Cesena), Soriano (Empoli)

Attaccanti: Borini (Chelsea), Destro (Genoa), Macheda (Manchester United), Marilungo (Sampdoria), Okaka (Roma).

No changes needed IMO. I'm happy to see D'Alessandro here, and to see that Fabbrini was called another time. Santon is back after his long injury and De Silvestri is back after his experience with senior team.

[Ace]

Ferrara made his first calls, thinking on next Euro Cup, that's why almost all names are unknown.

Portieri: Mattia Perin (Genoa), Carlo Pinsoglio (Viareggio), Andrea Seculin (Fiorentina)

Difensori: Cristiano Biraghi (Inter), Riccardo Brosco (Triestina), Michele Camporese (Fiorentina), Luca Caldirola (Vitesse), Alessandro Crescenzi (Crotone), Giulio Donati (Lecce), Marco Davide Faraoni (Inter), Lorenzo Tonelli (Empoli)

Centrocampisti: Marco D’Alessandro (Bari), Diego Fabbrini (Empoli), Manuel Giandonato (Juventus), Gianvito Misuraca (Vicenza), Giuseppe Rizzo (Reggina), Marco Augusto Romizi (Reggiana), Roberto Soriano (Empoli), Marco Tattini (Pavia)

Attaccanti: Fabio Borini (Chelsea), Mattia Destro (Genoa), Manolo Gabbiadini (Cittadella), Federico Macheda (Manchester Utd).

EDIT: players called for a stage in January:

Portieri: Pinsoglio (Esperia Viareggio), Silvestri (Chievo), Viotti (Triestina);

Difensori: Biraghi (Inter), Brosco (Triestina), Caldirola (Vitesse), Camilleri (Juventus), Camporese (Fiorentina), Crescenzi (Crotone), Donati (Lecce), Mori (Empoli);

Centrocampisti: D’Alessandro (Bari), Fabbrini (Empoli), Galano (Gubbio), Giandonato (Juventus), Rigoni (Palermo), Romizi (Reggiana), Sala (Chelsea), Soriano (Empoli);

Attaccanti: Destro (Genoa), Dumitru (Napoli), Giannetti (Juventus), Misuraca (Vicenza).

Players called for the friendly against England:

Portieri: Perin (Genoa), Pinsoglio (Esperia Viareggio);

Difensori: Biraghi (Inter), Caldirola (Vitesse), Camporese (Fiorentina), Crescenzi (Crotone), Donati (Lecce), Mori (Empoli), Santon (Cesena);

Centrocampisti: D’Alessandro (Livorno), El Shaarawy (Padova), Fabbrini (Empoli), Marrone (Siena), Rizzo (Reggina), Romizi (Reggiana), Soriano (Empoli);

Attaccanti: Destro (Genoa), Macheda (Sampdoria), Misuraca (Vicenza), Saponara (Empoli).

[Ace]

I gave a general update with the new team (of course it's still a work in progress but Ferrara is already building a group)

[Ace]

Players called for matches against Sweden and Germany:

Portieri: Bardi (Inter), Pinsoglio (Esperia Viareggio), Rossi (Atalanta);

Difensori: Biraghi (Inter), Caldirola (Vitesse), Camporese (Fiorentina), Crescenzi (Crotone), Donati (Lecce), Faraoni (Inter), Mori (Empoli);

Centrocampisti: Crisetig (Inter), D’Alessandro (Livorno), Fabbrini (Empoli), Marrone (Siena), Misuraca (Vicenza), Rizzo (Reggina), Romizi (Reggiana), Saponara (Empoli), Soriano (Empoli);

Attaccanti: Borini (Swansea City), Gabbiadini (Cittadella), Macheda (Sampdoria), Paloschi (Genoa).

I put Paloschi in first post instead of Giannetti.

EDIT: also swapped Bardi-Seculin and Crisetig-Giandonato.

[Epsi]

updated

[robbie]

can you edit marrone?

[coly]

i guess there's something wrong in the first post, i see some angry birds add or stuff like that LOL dunno if it's an imageshack problem

[giomarino]

Other Player ( who were in National A)

GK: Mattia Perin (19)
DF: Mattia De Sciglio (19)
MF: Marco Verratti (19)
FW: Mattia Destro (21), Manolo Gabbiadini (20) , Stephan El Shaarawy (19)

[antony]

Goalkeepers:
1. Francesco BARDI - Novara
12. Mattia PERIN - Pescara
23. Simone COLOMBI - Modena

Defenders:
2. Mattia DE SCIGLIO - Milan
3. Paolo FRASCATORE - Sassuolo
4. Marco CAPUANO - Pescara
6. Luca CALDIROLA © - Cesena
13. Simone ROMAGNOLI - Pescara
14. Giulio DONATI - Grosseto
21. Mauro SAMPIRISI - Genoa
22. Matteo BIANCHETTI - Inter

Midfielders:
5. Luca MARRONE - Juventus
7. Riccardo SAPONARA - Empoli
8. Alessandro FLORENZI - Roma
15. Fausto ROSSI - Brescia
16. Jacopo SALA - Hamburger
19. Federico VIVIANI - Padova
20. Marco CRIMI - Grosseto

Strikers:
9. Ciro IMMOBILE - Genoa
10. Lorenzo INSIGNE - Napoli
11. Giuseppe DE LUCA - Atalanta
17. Samuele LONGO - Espanyol
18. Manolo GABBIADINI - Bologna

Formation:

GK: Bardi
CB: Capuano
CB: Caldirola ©
RB: De Sciglio
LB: Frascatore
DMF: Florenzi
DMF: Marrone
RMF: Saponara
LMF: Insigne
SS: De Luca
CF: Immobile

Long Free Kicks: Florenzi
Short Free Kicks: Insigne
FK 2nd Taker: Florenzi / Saponara
Left Corner Kicks: Insigne
Right Corner Kicks: Insigne
Penalties: Immobile
Players to come up on set pieces: Capuano, Caldirola, Marrone

[Epsi]

updated and given first post to you, if you want to keep it updated

[antony]

added recent call-ups

[antony]

updated

[Epsi]

Portieri: Bardi (Novara), Colombi (Modena), Leali (Virtus Lanciano).
Difensori: Bianchetti (Hellas Verona), Biraghi (Cittadella), Caldirola (Brescia), Capuano (Pescara), Crimi (Grosseto), Donati (Grosseto), Frascatore (Sassuolo), Regini (Empoli), Romagnoli (Spezia).
Centrocampisti: Bertolacci (Genoa), Fedato (Bari), Florenzi (Roma), Insigne Lorenzo (Napoli), Marrone (Juventus), Rossi (Brescia), Sala (Amburgo), Sansone (Parma), Saponara (Empoli), Verratti (Paris St. Germain).
Attaccanti: Borini (Liverpool), Destro (Roma), Gabbiadini (Bologna), Immobile (Genoa), Paloschi (Chievo).

Some "bigs" are back.. Verratti, Destro, Sala. Which ones will be cut off to give space to them?