At any level. It's far and away easier to shut up shop in FUTSAL. The trick is really get a lead, then you attack, the ball (with your fly-in subs, u can change players as fast as they get tired). And off course a good GK! The first goal in Futsal usually tells the winner of the game. Scoring in an open FUTSAL game at 0-0 or any level score isn't all that hard, when trailing it's nearly impossible (against a good opponent, not knocking Spain!)
The UEFA Futsal Championship begin a week from Monday in the Czech Republic. This is the list of 15 players currently in training for Italy ahead of the tournament. The final list will be announced on Thursday: PORTIERI: Caio Farina (Samia Arzignano), Alessandro Feller (Prato), Valerio Bernardi (Click Ufficio Genzano). DIFENSORI: Carlo Scala (Levinsson Roma), Anderson Pellegrini (MRA Gvtarra, Spagna). INTERMEDI: Fabiano (Lottomatica Roma), Nando Grana (Playas de Castellón, Spagna), Carlo Mantovanelli (Lottomatica Roma), Jocimar Jubanski (Lottomatica Roma), Edgar Bertoni (Seep Luparense). ATTACCANTI: Adriano Foglia (Samia Arzignano), Sandro Zanetti (Playas de Castellón, Spagna), Vinicio Bacaro (Lottomatica Roma), Edoardo Morgado (Fas Montesilvano), Taddeo Sartori (Seep Luparense).
Here is the final squad of 15 for the European championships. 1) Alessandro Feller (Prato) portiere 2) Nando Grana (Playas de Castellón, Spagna) intermedio 3) Anderson Pellegrini (MRA Gvtarra, Spagna) difensore 4) Carlo Mantovanelli (Lottomatica Roma) intermedio 5) Jocimar Jubanski (Lottomatica Roma) intermedio 6) Edgar Bertoni (Seep Luparense) intermedio 7) Vinicio Bacaro (Lottomatica Roma) attaccante 8) Carlo Scala (Levinsson Roma) difensore 9) Fabiano (Lottomatica Roma) intermedio 10) Adriano Foglia (Samia Arzignano) attaccante 11) Edoardo Morgado (Fas Montesilvano) attaccante 12) Caio Farina (Samia Arzignano) portiere 13) Sandro Zanetti (Playas de Castellón, Spagna) attaccante 14) Taddeo Sartori (Seep Luparense) attaccante 15) Valerio Bernardi (Click Ufficio Genzano) portiere Italy's game schedule: Mon Feb 14 vs Portugal Tue Feb 15 vs Hungary Wed Feb 16 vs Spain
Here's the current table in Serie A. As with other Italian pro sports like basketball and volleyball, the sponsor features prominently in the club name. Samia Arzignano 36 16 11 3 2 9 8 1 0 7 3 2 2 77 39 Erregi Travel PG 36 16 11 3 2 7 6 1 0 9 5 2 2 73 44 Prato 34 16 10 4 2 9 6 2 1 7 4 2 1 60 41 Lottomatica Roma 33 16 10 3 3 8 5 1 2 8 5 2 1 71 45 Seep Luparense 31 16 10 1 5 7 4 1 2 9 6 0 3 57 47 Ceteas Fas Montesilv. 27 16 8 3 5 8 3 2 3 8 5 1 2 53 50 Nepi 21 16 6 3 7 7 4 0 3 9 2 3 4 39 39 Ecosaves Chieti 20 16 6 2 8 8 3 1 4 8 3 1 4 38 55 Intercart Lazio 17 16 5 2 9 8 2 1 5 8 3 1 4 45 51 Lab Infissi RC 14 16 4 2 10 7 2 1 4 9 2 1 6 49 64 Sasol Augusta 14 16 4 2 10 8 4 2 2 8 0 0 8 45 69 Clickufficio Genzano 14 16 4 2 10 8 3 2 3 8 1 0 7 53 78 Levinsson RM 12 16 3 3 10 9 1 2 6 7 2 1 4 37 48 Atletico Palermo 10 16 3 1 12 9 3 0 6 7 0 1 6 46 73 There are also a Serie A2, Serie B and U21 leagues. Here's the league site: http://www.divisionecalcioa5.it/
He suffered a bad ankle injury during the world championships (imagine that). I'm guessing he is either still injured or else got so huge during his convalescence that he couldn't stand anymore.
Just noticed that RAI Sport Satellite is carrying Italy's games in this tournament. http://www.fastweb.it/streaming/raisport.asx First game vs Portugal started at 6:30 AM EST this morning; it's at halftime just now. It'll be replayed later today at 4:15 pm, 11:30 pm, and early Tuesday at 4:20 am (all EST). Tomorrow's game vs Hungary will be shown live at 8:30 am. I assume Wednesday's game vs Spain will also be shown live, with a kickoff of 1:30 pm.
Italy got off to a great start in the tournament, beating Portugal 8-3 yesterday. A far cry from the 0-0 game the two teams played in the world championships: http://www.uefa.com/competitions/Futsal/fixturesresults/round=1902/match=79676/Report=RP.html Nando Grana had a hat trick and leads all scorers so far at the tournament In the other Group B game yesterday, world champions Spain defeated Hungary 4-2. Italy plays Hungary today.
Another easy win for Italy today - 5-0 over Hungary and the Azzurri advance to the semifinals from Group B, along with Spain. Tomorrow's game between the two will determine who wins the group. In the other group, surprising Russia leads Group A with 2 wins in 2 games, while Ukraine and the host Czechs are each 1-1. The Netherlands are winless in their two matches. Italy and Spain would probably both be favored against any of those teams, so coming in first or second is not that important, but the winner tomorrow could have a psychological edge if they meet again. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/Futsal/fixturesresults/round=1902/match=79674/Report=RP.html
well the azzurri won against Spain. If that wasn't a good rehersal for the final... Hope we can take it two times in a row... http://www.uefa.com/competitions/Futsal/fixturesresults/round=1902/match=79672/Report=RP.html
Italy beat Spain in the second group stage at the world championships before losing to them in the final there. I hope history doesn't repeat! Yesterday's win sounds like a more dominating performance than in Taiwan although the game report suggests a lot of subbing was going on, in view of the chance that the game meant little and they might meet again. Russia faces Italy today at 12:30 pm EST. Spain plays Ukraine in the first semifinal at 9:30 am. RAISport lists the first semifinal as being shown live but not the second. I would HOPE they'll adjust their schedule to account for Italy being in the second one. Final and third-place matches are on Sunday.
It's all over for Italy, as they were shocked by Russia 4-2 in today's semifinal. Italy was ahead 2-1 and seemed ready to win, but Russia scored 3 times in the final 8 minutes. Spain beat Ukraine as expected (5-0), so Spain and Russia meet in the final. Italy plays Ukraine in the consolation match.
Italy proved to be better then Ukraine and finally finished 3rd. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/Futsal/FixturesResults/Round=1904/Match=80098/index.html Note: Grana is topscorer of the tournament with 6 goals.
Too bad. It would have been great to win a 2nd consecutive Euro after losing in the world championship final.
I get the impression Italy was looking ahead to a rematch with Spain in the final. At any rate, Spain won the championship, beating Russia 2-1.
Italy's national futsal team returned to action on Tuesday after a long layoff with the first of a pair of international friendlies vs Paraguay. The first match finished 4-4. Here's the game table: ITALIA-PARAGUAY 4–4 (1-1) ITALIA: G. Angelini, Grana, Pellegrini, Marcolin, Jubanski, E. Bertoni, Forte, Scala, Fabiano, Cipolla, Morgado, Feller, Zanetti, Santi, Glaeser. All. Nuccorini. PARAGUAY: Espinola, E. Ayala, Alcaraz, G. Ayala, Chilavert, Velazquez, Rotella, Benitez, W. Villalba, R. Villalba, Mancuello. All. Ruiz Diaz. MARCATORI: Jubanski (I) al 16’34, Alcaraz (P) al 17’31 p.t.; Alcaraz (P) al 1’17, G. Ayala (P) al 3’36, Pellegrini (I) al 7’37, W. Villalba (P) al 15’17, Jubanski (I) al 16’38, E. Bertoni (I) al 19’ s.t.. ARBITRI: Cardoso (Portogallo) e Vescio (Italia). NOTE: spettatori circa 700. Nessun ammonito. Presente in tribuna il presidente della Divisione Calcio a 5 Fabrizio Tonelli, il Segretario Di Felice e i Consiglieri Praticò e Zaccardi. The second game will be shown live on Wednesday on RAI Sport Sat at 11:25 am Eastern US time.
The Italian futsal national team starts action today in the international 'Grand Prix' tournament being played in Brazil. The other teams involved are Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Croatia, and the Czech Republic. The teams are split into two groups with the South American teams in one group and the European groups in the other. Italy plays the Czech Republic today and Croatia on Thursday. The semifinals take place Friday with the final and 3rd-place matches on Saturday. Italy's national futsal team is currently ranked 3rd in the world by both www.futsalplanet.com and www.futsalworldranking.be although the top 2 teams differ in the two polls - Spain and Portugal are 1 and 2 at the former while Brazil and Spain lead the way in the latter. Here is the Italian squad chosen by head coach Alessandro Nuccorini: Goalkeepers Barigelli (Roma) Alexandre (Alter Ego Luparense) Xuxa (Bisceglie) Field Players Perquinho (LazioNepi) Patrick (Lab Infissi Reggio Calabria) Cleber (Marcianise) Camaron (LazioNepi) Marcinho (Icoper Montesilvano) Nando Grana (Alter Ego Luparense) Thyago Santi (Lab Infissi Reggio Calabria) Edgar Schurtz (Marcianise) Foglia (Icoper Montesilvano) Bato (Roma) Dudù (Icoper Montesilvano) Vinicius (El Pozo Murcia - Spain) This tournament will serve as a tuneup for European qualifying which takes place in February with Italy playing host to a mini-tournament with Belarus, France, and the winner of a preliminary qualifying group consisting of Finland, Albania, Armenia, and Turkey. The winner in February will advance to the 8-team European finals next November in Portugal.
Is their atleast 1 Italian on the team? Looks like all naturalized Brazilians, except for maybe Barigelli.
Going off the names and past history, I'd say that's correct. Barigelli was born in Rome, and he may be the only native-born Italian on this list.