I hope Ciammaglichella makes it to the National Team someday so we can hear the English announcers struggle trying to pronounce it properly.
Today at 2.30 pm (CET) there is the Italy-Spain U18 friendly match and at 5.00 pm (CET) Spain-Italy U19 will play too, when I have the link I'll post it
the Under 15 national team, the youngest of the blue selections which on Tuesday 24 (2.30 pm, live streaming on the FIGC website) and Thursday 26 January (10.30 am) will face Albania of the same age in a double friendly match. The two matches will be played at the Federal Technical Center in Coverciano, where the 22 players born in 2008 called up by coach Massimiliano Favo will meet on the evening of Sunday 22 January. Italy, who won the UEFA Development Tournament in Albufeira in November, have won all five of their matches in the first half of the season. The list of summoned Goalkeepers: Matteo Farronato (Inter), Alessandro Longoni (Milan); Defenders: Lorenzo Calvani (Lazio), Federico Ciucci (Lazio), Thomas Lissi (Inter), Mattia Marello (Udinese), Andrea Natali (Barcelona), Amihere Dauda Iddrisa (West Bromwich Albion), Pietro Semino (Sampdoria), Luca Reggiani ( Sassuolo); Midfielders: Cristian Acatullo (Sassuolo), Nicolò Ballabio (Monza), Simone Lontani (Milan), Christian Comotto (Milan), Cristian Bagordo (Empoli), Oliver Blini (Empoli), Antonio Caiazzo (Modena), Vincenzo Damiano (Atalanta); Forwards: Francesco Camarda (Milan), Elia Favicchio (Turris), Edoardo Zanaga (Empoli), Samuele Inacio (Atalanta).
The Under 17 national team led by Bernardo Corradi face the Iberian players of the same age. The friendly match will be played in Coverciano on Wednesday 25 January at 2.30 pm and will be broadcast live on the FIGC website. For the occasion, the Azzurro coach has called up 20 players, all born in 2006 except for the two defenders Matteo Cocchi and Francesco Verde, born in 2007, with Inter and Juventus respectively. The rally will begin on Sunday evening to finish on race day. First call-up to this national team of Lorenzo Tosto, defender of Empoli, a new resource coming from the selection made with the Tournament of the Groups last November at the Villaggio Azzurro in Novarello. The one with the little red furies represents an absolutely probative test in view of the elite phase of the European category championship scheduled from 7 to 13 March against the hosts of Cyprus, the Republic of Ireland and Ukraine, all group matches 6 which will give the top two classified the passage to the final stages of the continental tournament in Hungary next May. Italy earned access to the elite round with flying colors, winning the three matches in group 8 of the first round last October against Kosovo (5-2), Finland (4-0) and Greece (2-0). Call-up list Goalkeepers: Francesco Tommasi (Inter), Francesco Plaia (Spezia); Defenders: Matteo Cocchi (Inter), Fabio De Sole (Turin), Vittorio Magni (Milan), Filippo Pagnucco (Juventus), Lorenzo Tosto (Empoli), Alessandro Ventre (Juventus), Francesco Verde (Juventus); Midfielders: Francesco Crapisto (Juventus), Andrea Bonanomi (Atalanta), Gabriele Finocchiaro (Juventus), Mattia Mannini (Roma), Leonardo Mendicino (Atalanta), Lorenzo Riccio (Atalanta), Marco Romano (Genoa); Forwards: Giacomo De Pieri (Inter), Emanuele Rao (Spal), Tommaso Ravaglioli (Bologna), Filippo Scotti (Milan).
Last month FIFA announced that it is going to make the U17WC an annual competition within the next year or two and expand it to include 48 teams, so I expect UEFA will make changes to the format of the U17 EURO if Europe is given more places, although I think - like with the senior WC - most of the new places will go to the other confederations.
Italy-Albania U15 livestream (the stream start at 2.00 pm CET) ITALIA U15 (--) : Longoni; Semino, Marello, Acatullo, Natali (C), Reggiani, Lontani, Comotto, Camarda, Blini, Piá.
italy-Spain U17 Friendly livestream ITALIA U17 (--) : Plaia; Ventre, Pagnucco, Riccio, Verde, De Sole, Mannini (C), Mendicino, Ravaglioli, Romano, Rao. A disp.: Tommasi (GK), Cocchi, Magni, Tosto, Bonanomi, Crapisto, Finocchiaro, Scotti, De Pieri.
2025 U21 EURO qualifying groups Group A: Italy*, Republic of Ireland, Norway*, Türkiye, Latvia, San Marino *Competing at 2023 finals in Georgia and Romania from 21 June to 8 July. Group stage 20–28 March 2023 12–20 June 2023 4–12 September 2023 9–17 October 2023 13–21 November 2023 18–26 March 2024 2–10 September 2024 7–15 October 2024 Play-offs 11–19 November 2024
Can't wait for the epic last fixture where we will need a heroic effort by our boys at Latvia to just edge out Turkey for the group (in a group we should win with ease).
The Italian Football Federation (FIGC), through its official website (figc.it), has announced the list of 20 players of the Italy Under 17 called up by the head coach Bernardo Corradi in view of Group 6 of the UEFA elite phase European Under-17 Championship Hungary 2022 scheduled from Tuesday 7 to Monday 13 March in Cyprus. The Azzurrini will leave tomorrow, Saturday 4 March, for Paphos (Cyprus). The squad list available on the FIGC official website (figc.it): GOALKEEPERS Tommaso Martinelli (ACF Fiorentina), Francesco Plaia (Spezia Calcio) DEFENDERS Matteo Cocchi (FC Inter Milan), Fabio De Sole (Torino FC), Filippo Pagnucco (Juventus FC), Gabriel Ramaj (Atalanta BC), Edoardo Sadotti (ACF Fiorentina), Alessandro Ventre (Juventus FC), Francesco Verde (Juventus FC) MIDDLEFIELDS Andrea Bonanomi (Atalanta BC), Francesco Crapisto (Juventus FC), Mattia Liberali (AC Milan), Mattia Mannini (AS Roma), Leonardo Mendicino (Atalanta BC), Lorenzo Riccio (Atalanta BC), Marco Romano (Genoa CFC) FORWARDERS Federico Ragnoli Galli (Atalanta BC), Emanuele Rao (SPAL 2013), Tommaso Ravaglioli (Bologna FC 1909), Filippo Scotti (AC Milan)
do you know a certain "Luca Warrick Daeovie Koleosho"? has been called up for the pre-selection Stage to decide who will go to the elite qualifying phase for the U19 European Championship (28 have been called, but must be reduced to 20) these are the names: GOALKEEPERS Davide Mastrantonio (US Triestina Calcio 1918), Lorenzo Palmisani (Frosinone Calcio), Matteo Rizzo (FC Pro Vercelli 1892) DEFENDERS Andrea Bozzolan (AC Milan), Fabio Christian Chiarodia (SV Werder Bremen), Lorenzo Dellavalle (Juventus FC), Gabriele Guarino (Empoli FC), Michael Olabode Kayode (ACF Fiorentina), Filippo Missori (AS Roma), Iacopo Regonesi (Atalanta BC ), Riccardo Stivanello (Bologna FC 1909) MIDDLEFIELDS Lorenzo Amatucci (ACF Fiorentina), Giacomo Faticanti (AS Roma), Lorenzo Ignacchiti (Empoli FC), Justin Kumi (US Sassuolo Calcio), Luca Lipani (Genoa CFC), Riccardo Pagano (AS Roma), Niccolò Pisilli (AS Roma) FORWARDERS Federico Accornero (Genoa CFC), Luca D'Andrea (US Sassuolo Calcio), Francesco Pio Esposito (FC Inter Milan), Luis Hasa (Juventus FC), Luca Warrick Daeovie Koleosho (RCD Espanyol de Barcelona), Tommaso Mancini (Juventus FC) , Simone Pafundi (Udinese Calcio), Antonio Raimondo (Bologna FC 1909), Nicolò Turco (Juventus FC), Samuele Vignato (AC Monza)
I googled him yesterday and apparently he was eligible for 4 national teams through his parents lineage. Good on the FIGC to get the first shot if he indeed does become something.
Meanwhile, Italy U17 drew 2-2 against the Republic of Ireland, looking from the Uefa livescore the 1st half was disastrous down by 2-0 (even with an own goal) with the Irish also hitting a post, while in the second half we went to the assault and we managed to equalize with Ravaglioli (on Penalty) and with Mannini (assist from Liberali), the next match is against Cyprus on March 10th and there will be live broadcast at 2.00 pm
Italy U17 finishes in 2nd place in its group of the Elite phase of Euro U17 on goal difference after a 2-2 draw against Eire and after two victories against Cyprus (2-1) and Ukraine (3-0) and most likely he will qualify for the final phase of Euro U17 (the best seven who arrive at the second place out of eight groups) The best performances were Ravaglioli (3 goals in 2 games) and Liberali (1 goal and 2 assists in 55 minutes played in 3 games)
Rep Ireland are a difficult opponent in NT youth competitions; Italy will meet them again in the 2025 U21 EURO qualifiers. This year's U17 EURO is particularly important because it serves as the UEFA qualifier for the U17WC in November.
from how it was described on the FIGC website the first half was disastrous, from the second instead we started charging and at the end of the game we risked winning it. However we are pretty much qualified because out of eight groups the best seven runners-up qualify, so as long as someone does worse than us to allow us to qualify, I hope that Pafundi will be available for the U17 European Championship (he has now been sent to the pre-phase training camp for the phase Elite U19 where we are in a very difficult group with Germany, Belgium and Slovenia and there only the first qualifies for the final phase) Source FIGC website https://www.figc.it/it/nazionali/ne...peo-i-gol-di-ravaglioli-liberali-e-mendicino/ Italy-Ukraine U17 (highlight)