Rome, May 25 (LaPresse) – 24 players have been called up by Silvio Baldini for the final two fixtures of the season for the national team, which will face Luxembourg on Wednesday, June 3 (8:45 p.m. – live on Rai 1) at the Stade de Luxembourg and will play on Sunday, June 7 (9:00 p.m. Italian time, 10:00 p.m. local time – live on Rai 1) at the Pankritio Stadium in Heraklion, on the island of Crete, for another friendly against Greece. Baldini, supported by his staff, will lead the Azzurri in both matches and has chosen to focus on many promising young players, already with several appearances and goals in major European leagues and competitions: the squad includes 4 players born in 2008, 3 in 2006, 7 in 2005 and 9 in 2004, with an average age of 20 years and 6 months. In addition to Gianluigi Donnarumma – captain and leader of the group with 81 caps – the senior national team group also includes Pietro Comuzzo, Marco Palestra, Niccolò Pisilli and Francesco Pio Esposito. The Azzurri will gather at Coverciano on the evening of Thursday, May 28 and will hold their first training session the following day. The called-up list is also joined by Tommaso Berti (Cesena), Niccolò Fortini (Fiorentina), Gabriele Guarino (Empoli) and Dominic Vavassori (Atalanta), who will take part in the preparation phase of the friendlies from Thursday, May 28 to Sunday, May 31. Here is the list of called-up players Goalkeepers: Giovanni Daffara (Avellino), Gianluigi Donnarumma (Manchester City), Lorenzo Palmisani (Frosinone); Defenders: Honest Ahanor (Atalanta), Davide Bartesaghi (Milan), Fabio Chiarodia (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Pietro Comuzzo (Fiorentina), Costantino Favasuli (Catanzaro), Filippo Mané (Borussia Dortmund), Marco Palestra (Cagliari), Luca Reggiani (Borussia Dortmund); Midfielders: Matteo Dagasso (Venezia), Giacomo Faticanti (Juventus), Luca Lipani (Sassuolo), Cher Ndour (Fiorentina), Niccolò Pisilli (Roma), Lorenzo Venturino (Roma); Forwards: Francesco Camarda (Lecce), Luigi Cherubini (Sampdoria), Jeff Ekhator (Genoa), Francesco Pio Esposito (Inter), Seydou Fini (Frosinone), Samuele Inacio (Borussia Dortmund), Luca Koleosho (Paris FC).
Football, Italy: Baldini calls up 24 Azzurri for friendlies against Luxembourg and Greece
Rome, May 25 (LaPresse) – 24 players have been called up by Silvio Baldini for the final two fixtures of the season for the national team, which will face Luxembourg on Wednesday, June 3 (8:45 p.m. – live on Rai 1) at the Stade de Luxembourg and will play on Sunday, June 7 (9:00 p.m. Italian time, 10:00 p.m. local time – live on Rai 1) at the Pankritio Stadium in Heraklion, on the island of Crete, for another friendly against Greece. Baldini, supported by his staff, will lead the Azzurri in both matches and has chosen to focus on many promising young players, already with several appearances and goals in major European leagues and competitions: the squad includes 4 players born in 2008, 3 in 2006, 7 in 2005 and 9 in 2004, with an average age of 20 years and 6 months. In addition to Gianluigi Donnarumma – captain and leader of the group with 81 caps – the senior national team group also includes Pietro Comuzzo, Marco Palestra, Niccolò Pisilli and Francesco Pio Esposito. The Azzurri will gather at Coverciano on the evening of Thursday, May 28 and will hold their first training session the following day. The called-up list is also joined by Tommaso Berti (Cesena), Niccolò Fortini (Fiorentina), Gabriele Guarino (Empoli) and Dominic Vavassori (Atalanta), who will take part in the preparation phase of the friendlies from Thursday, May 28 to Sunday, May 31. Here is the list of called-up players Goalkeepers: Giovanni Daffara (Avellino), Gianluigi Donnarumma (Manchester City), Lorenzo Palmisani (Frosinone); Defenders: Honest Ahanor (Atalanta), Davide Bartesaghi (Milan), Fabio Chiarodia (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Pietro Comuzzo (Fiorentina), Costantino Favasuli (Catanzaro), Filippo Mané (Borussia Dortmund), Marco Palestra (Cagliari), Luca Reggiani (Borussia Dortmund); Midfielders: Matteo Dagasso (Venezia), Giacomo Faticanti (Juventus), Luca Lipani (Sassuolo), Cher Ndour (Fiorentina), Niccolò Pisilli (Roma), Lorenzo Venturino (Roma); Forwards: Francesco Camarda (Lecce), Luigi Cherubini (Sampdoria), Jeff Ekhator (Genoa), Francesco Pio Esposito (Inter), Seydou Fini (Frosinone), Samuele Inacio (Borussia Dortmund), Luca Koleosho (Paris FC).
