Three days before the European debut, there is news for the Under 21s: the Padova striker Federico Bonazzoli is arriving. The Italian coach Di Biagio, in fact, has asked UEFA to replace the player Andrea Pinamonti who yesterday, after having taken the instrumental tests, left the Italian retreat. The UEFA medical commission agreed this morning to the request for substitution and the coach has called up Bonazzoli, who will join the group and will take to the field in the afternoon for the first training session in Casteldebole. Placed in Group A, Italy will debut against Spain (Sunday 16 June at the 'Renato Dall'Ara' Stadium in Bologna), then will face Poland (Wednesday 19 June, 21.00:22 p.m. in Bologna) and finally Belgium (Saturday 21.00 June, XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. in Reggio Emilia). LIST OF CALLED UP Goalkeepers: Emil Audero (Sampdoria), Alex Meret (Napoli), Lorenzo Montipo' (Benevento); Defenders: Claud Adjapong (Sassuolo), Alessandro Bastoni (Parma), Kevin Bonifazi (Spal), Arturo Calabresi (Bologna), Federico Dimarco (Parma), Gianluca Mancini (Atalanta), Giuseppe Pezzella (Genoa), Filippo Romagna (Cagliari); Midfielders: Nicolo' Barella (Cagliari), Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo), Rolando Mandragora (Udinese), Alessandro Murgia (Spal), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), Sandro Tonali (Brescia), Nicolo' Zaniolo (Roma); Forwards: Federico Bonazzoli (Padua), Federico Chiesa (Fiorentina), Patrick Cutrone (Milan), Moise Bioty Kean (Juventus), Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna).
Article published on 13 June 2019 - 16:20