The national team Under 20 Azzurra returns to the field for the second home match of the Elite League and does so at the ‘Benito Stirpe’ stadium in Frosinone. Matteo Cichellaa Frosinone player and part of the Azzurrini’s squad, which will feel like playing at home, spoke like this in the press conference: “It will be a very strong emotion for me to play in this stadium with the national team shirt. These matches help a lot physically and temperamentally, because we are going to face important opponents at an international level. For me it is a beautiful moment, many things have changed since the beginning of the year: I am starting to play with Frosinone and with the national team, for me it is like living a dream and I am. trying to do my best.”
Matteo Cocchi (Inter), however, will not be available. After the match against England, Italy will leave for Portugal on Saturday where they will face the Portuguese of the same age on Monday 14th at 6pm in Coimbra (live on Vivo Azzurro TV).
The list of those called up:
Goalkeepers: Federico Magro (Verona), Lorenzo Torriani (Milan);
Defenders: Adam Bakoune (Milan), Davide Bartesaghi (Milan), Fabio Christian Chiarodia (Borussia Monchengladbach), Pietro Comuzzo (Fiorentina), Christian Corradi (Verona), Riyad Idrissi (Modena), Raphael Kofler (Südtirol);
Midfielders: Thomas Berenbruch (Inter), Matteo Cichella (Frosinone), Luca Di Maggio (Perugia), Jonas Harder (Fiorentina), Alberto Manzoni (Atalanta), Lorenzo Menegazzo (Bologna), Kevin Zeroli (Milan);
Attackers: Lorenzo Anghelè (Juventus), Tommaso Ebone (Bologna), Ismael Konaté (Empoli), Simone Pafundi (Lausanne), Dominic Vavassori (Atalanta).