The team’s 2024 season begins tomorrow (June 5). under 20 from the Farmaè Viareggio, called to confirm their hegemony (since 2021 the young Bianconeri have won all the trophies up for grabs, 3 Scudetti and an Italian Cup). After the stage of the Serie A Scudetto poule and the Italian Super Cupthe Matteo Valenti beach stadium will also be the home of Italian beach soccer this week: until Sunday, in fact, the matches of the 2 elimination rounds of the championship will be played in the facility set up at the Flora Beach Village and then the category’s Italian Super Cup.
Vbs, coached this year by Marco Pacini, will debut tomorrow at 6.30 pm against the Lamezia Ecosystem in the prologue of group A. In the following days, at the same time, they will face Catania FC (Thursday), Città degli Eventi (Friday) and Lazio (Saturday). The top 2 classified will access the Final Four in Genoa (9-10 August).
Sunday at 6pm, always on the sand at home, the bianconeri will face Cagliari in the challenge that will award the first Italian Super Cup of the category. The championship match between the two teams will be resumed on 4 July, on the sidelines of the Italian Cup scheduled in Paestum (Salerno) from 5 to 7 July.
“We can’t wait to get on the field to defend the championship: it won’t be easy because the level of the championship has risen a lot, there are players who have already taken part in rallies with the senior national team. However, we don’t hide, we know we have to do our best to win again. Being able to practice beach soccer at these levels is an extraordinary opportunity, we almost all started from the Academy and the Matteo Valenti memorial and today we are committed to carrying forward those values that have been passed on to us: we are a family and we have demonstrated it on the field” , points out Luigi Fantinatovice-captain of the VBS under 20 team as well as one of the players (like captain Matteo Santini and goalkeepers Alessandro Morbini and Matteo Moretti to be part of the Juventus team from 2021).
There squad available to coach Marco Paciniassisted by Lelio Biancalana, is made up of goalkeepers Matteo Moretti, Alessandro Morbini, Tommaso Sargentini and William Diridoni and outfield players Gregorio Del Mancino, Marco Santucci, Tommaso Ricci, Gian Marco Tomei, Matteo Barsottelli, Samuele Lombardi, Tommaso Remedi, Marco Coppola, Matteo Santini, Tommaso Belluomini, Nicolò Bastillo, Cristian Minichino and Luigi Fantinato.
