The
Azzurri
Squad for the matches against Argentina and England March 2018 |
|
Player |
Birthdate |
Age |
Pos |
Club |
App |
G |
9. Belotti, Andrea
|
20 December 1993 |
24 |
F |
Torino FC |
14 |
4 |
7. Bonaventura, Giacoma
|
22 August 1989 |
28 |
M |
AC Milan |
8 |
0 |
19. Bonucci, Leonardo
|
1 May 1987 |
30 |
CD |
AC Milan |
76 |
5 |
1. Buffon, Gianluigi
|
28 January 1978 |
40 |
G |
Juventus FC |
176 |
0 |
6. Candreva, Antonio
|
28 February 1987 |
31 |
M |
FC Internazionale |
53 |
7 |
Chiellini, Giorgio
|
14 August 1984 |
33 |
CD |
Juventus FC |
96 |
8 |
Chiellini withdrew from the squad on 20 March because of a thigh injury. |
25. Chiesa, Federico
|
25 October 1997 |
20 |
F |
AC Fiorentina |
1 |
0 |
23. Cristante, Bryan
|
3 March 1995 |
23 |
M |
Atalanta BC, on loan from Sport Lisboa e Benfica,
Portugal |
2 |
0 |
22. Cutrone, Patrick
|
3 January 1998 |
20 |
F |
AC Milan |
1 |
0 |
4. Darmian, Matteo |
2 December 1989 |
28 |
FB |
Manchester United FC, England |
36 |
1 |
2. De Sciglio, Mattio
|
20 October 1992 |
25 |
FB |
Juventus FC |
32 |
0 |
26. Donnarumma, Gianluigi
|
25 February 1999 |
19 |
G |
AC Milan |
4 |
0 |
3. Ferrari, Gian Marco
|
15 May 1992 |
25 |
D |
UC Sampdoria, on loan from US Sassuolo CAlcio |
0 |
0 |
24. Florenzi, Alessandro |
11 March 1991 |
27 |
M/RB |
AS Roma |
26 |
2 |
20. Gagliardini, Roberto
|
7 April 1994 |
23 |
M |
FC Internazionale, on loan from Atalanta BC |
3 |
0 |
17. Immobile, Ciro
|
20 February 1990 |
28 |
F |
SS Lazio |
31 |
7 |
10. Insigne, Lorenzo
|
4 June 1991 |
26 |
F |
SSC Napoli |
22 |
3 |
14.
Jorginho Frello
Filho, Jorge Luiz
|
20 December 1991 in
Imbituba, Brazil |
26 |
M |
SSC Napoli |
4 |
0 |
5.
Ogbonna, Obinze Angelo |
23 May 1988 |
29 |
CD |
West Ham United FC, England |
13 |
0 |
Ogbonna was drafted into the squad on 18th March as cover for Chiellini |
18. Parolo, Marco
|
25 January 1985 |
33 |
M |
SS Lazio |
35 |
0 |
16. Pellegrini, Lorenzo |
19 June 1996 |
21 |
M |
AS Roma |
2 |
0 |
27. Perin, Mattia
|
10 November 1992 |
25 |
G |
Genoa CFC |
1 |
0 |
15. Rugani, Daniele
|
29 July 1994 |
23 |
CD |
Juventus FC |
5 |
0 |
11. Spinazzola, Leonardo
|
25 March 1993 |
24 |
LB |
Atalanta BC , on loan from Juventus FC |
5 |
0 |
Spinazzola withdrew from the squad on 26 March because of injury. |
12. Verdi, Simone
|
12 July 1992 |
25 |
F |
Bologna FC 1909 |
2 |
0 |
8. Verratti, Marco
|
5 November 1992 |
25 |
M |
Paris Saint-Germain FC, France |
25 |
1 |
21. Zappacosta, Davide
|
11 June 1992 |
25 |
RB |
Chelsea FC, England |
8 |
0 |
Squad details correct up to
and including Italy's match against Argentina on 23 March 2018.
Tallies taken from FIGC
Diary
Saturday, 17 March 2018 -
Luigi Di Biagio has called
up 26 Azzurri players for the friendlies against Argentina and England at the
Etihad Stadium in Manchester and at Wembley Stadium. Patrick Cutrone and
Federico Chiesa have received their first call-ups for the senior team with the
latter selected by both Ventura and Di Biagio for the training camps dedicated
to emerging young players. The focus on youth is also clear with nine of the
thirteen players who made their debuts in the past two years included. They are:
Donnarumma, Rugani, Spinazzola, Zappacosta, Cristante, Gagliardini, Pellegrini,
Verdi and Belotti. Giacomo Bonaventura is back for the first time since the
games in November 2016 against Liechtenstein and Germany. The Azzurri will
arrive tomorrow evening at Coverciano and train there from Monday to Thursday
when they'll depart for Manchester in the afternoon for the Argentina match.
After that, the Italy National Team will stay there to train at Manchester
City's training ground over the weekend before heading to London on 26th for the
match against the home side.
Sunday, 18 March
2018 - While awaiting medical test results on Giorgio Chiellini, Luigi Di
Biagio has called up West Ham United's Angelo Ogbonna.
Tuesday, 20 March 2018 - The 26 players that
make up the Italian squad are at Coverciano for their first day's training
session. However Giorgio Chiellini was sent back to Turin for tests. He
underwent a medical check-up yesterday after reporting a niggling injury to the
flexor muscles in his right thigh. The tests revealed that Chiellini's injury,
while not serious, will require daily monitoring. The defender has started
undergoing physiotherapy and his condition will be re-evaluated next week.
Thursday,
22 March 2018 - The shirt numbers are announced for the upcoming
Azzurri friendlies.
Friday, 23 March
2018 - At the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, Italy lose to Argentina
thanks to a Banega and Lanzini goals.
Sunday, 25 March 2018 - The Italian Squad remain in Manchester,
training at the Manchester City FC Sports Centre.
Monday, 26 March 2018 - Atalanta's
on-loan Juventus defender, Leonardo Spinazzola, has been ruled out of the
match with England and returns to his club.
Italy
Form: last six
games |
W D W
L D L
f 3:a 4
success: 50% |
|
5 September 2017 - Italy 1 Israel 0
[0-0] Mapei Stadium - Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia |
Immobile |
WCP |
HW |
|
6 October 2017 - Italy 1 FYR Macedonia 1
[1-0] Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino, Torino |
Chiellini Trajkovski |
HD |
|
9 October 2017 - Albania 0 Italy 1
[1-1] Stadiumi Loro Boriçi,
Shkodër |
Candreva |
AW |
|
10 November 2017 - Sweden 1 Italy 0
[0-0] Nationalarenan, Solna |
Johansson |
WCP P/O |
AL |
|
13 November 2017 - Italy 0 Sweden 0
[0-0] Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milano |
|
HD |
|
23 March 2018 - Argentina 2 Italy 0
[0-0]
Etihad Stadium, Manchester |
Banega, Lanzini |
Fr |
NL |
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CG
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