Nicolato, five new players among the 28 players called up for matches against Serbia and Ukraine

Tommaso Baldanzi is one of the five new players among Paolo Nicolato’s 28-man squad for the Under 21 team who will face Serbia in a friendly match, on the 24th in Backa Topola, and Ukraine, on the 27th in Reggio Calabria, in preparation for the European Championship in June. In addition to the Empoli playmaker, the others on the first call-up are defenders Diego Coppola (Verona) and Niccolò Pierozzi (Reggina), attacking midfielders Zapelli (the Italo-Argentine from Belgrano) and Fabbian (Reggina). Oristanio, who made his debut with Luxembourg last June and then attended the younger national teams, and Mulattieri, who has been absent since November 2021 and is now the protagonist of an excellent season at Frosinone (10 goals), are back. There is also Casadei, who made his debut in November against Germany and has just found his first professional goal with Reading. On the other hand, Rovella, one of the Under 21 captains, and Cambiaghi are missing due to injury. Emanuel Vignato is also absent, almost always on the field in these two years but little employed in the season by Bologna and now by Empoli.

THE LIST

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These are the summons. Goalkeepers: Elia Caprile (Bari), Marco Carnesecchi (Cremonese), Stefano Turati (Frosinone). Defenders: Raoul Bellanova (Inter), Andrea Cambiaso (Bologna), Diego Coppola (Verona), Antonino Gallo (Lecce), Matteo Lovato (Salernitana), Caleb Okoli (Atalanta), Fabiano Parisi (Empoli), Niccolò Pierozzi (Reggina), Lorenzo Pirola (Salernitana), Matteo Ruggeri (Atalanta), Destiny Iyenoma Udogie (Udinese), Mattia Viti (Nice). Midfielders: Edoardo Bove (Roma), Cesare Casadei (Reading), Salvatore Esposito (Spezia), Giovanni Fabbian (Reggina), Nicolò Fagioli (Juventus), Fabio Miretti (Juventus), Samuele Ricci (Turin), Bruno Zapelli (Belgrano). Forwards: Tommaso Baldanzi (Empoli), Matteo Cancellieri (Lazio), Lorenzo Colombo (Lecce), Samuele Mulattieri (Frosinone), Gaetano Pio Oristanio (Volendam).