From 13 to 16 May a preparatory stage will be held in Coverciano in view of the under 17 European Championships which will take place in Cyprus starting from 20 May.
Coach Massimiliano Favo has called up 28 players, five of which are under age (the 2008 Camarda, Campaniello, Longoni, Natali and Inácio Piá), while the final group of 20 players will be announced at the end of the six scheduled training sessions.
Poland, Slovakia and Sweden will be Italy’s opponents in group C, on 21, 24 and 27 May respectively. Subsequently possible quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals, the latter set for Limassol on 5 June. Reigning champion Germany who, however, will not be able to defend the title having failed to qualify.
The list of those called up:
Goalkeepers
Alessandro Longoni (Milan), Alessandro Nunziante (Benevento), Massimo Pessina (Bologna)
Defenders
Lamine Ballo (Inter), Cristian Cama (Roma), Emanuel Benjamín de Sant’ana Balbinot (Real Madrid), Christian Garofalo (Napoli), Giovanni Lauricella (Empoli), Federico Nardin (Roma), Andrea Natali (Barcelona), Francesco Verde (Juventus), Giorgio Vezzosi (Sassuolo)
Midfielders
Davide Atzeni (Fiorentina), Federico Coletta (Roma), Alessandro Di Nunzio (Roma), Niccolò Gariani (Atalanta), Matteo Lontani (Juventus), Matteo Mantini (Inter), Ernesto Perin (Milan), Emanuele Sala (Milan)
Attackers
Francesco Camarda (Milan), Thomas Campaniello (Empoli), Samuele Inácio Piá (Atalanta), Mattia Liberali (Milan), Salvatore Monaco (Empoli), Mattia Mosconi (Inter), Andrea Orlandi (Empoli), Alessandro Sugamele (Roma).
