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A lot more Italians breaking through last 2 seasons. Good to see!
Clubs should still more invest in their youth academy and try to give them experience. Look at the Bundesliga. German youth players come from everywhere. I don't blame the bigger teams since they have less room voor developing their youngsters but especially the average Serire A team.
Good examples: Milan, Roma and Fiorentina (better teams), Sassuolo and Atalanta.
Worst: Chievo and the smallest clubs like Frosinone and SPAL.
I expect especially more from Udinese and Genoa since they were good academies in the last 10 year. Udinese not especially for Italians, but they gave youngsters at least a chance.
3 years ago there were +- 30 Italian youngsters in A, this year around 60!
Clubs should still more invest in their youth academy and try to give them experience. Look at the Bundesliga. German youth players come from everywhere. I don't blame the bigger teams since they have less room voor developing their youngsters but especially the average Serire A team.
Good examples: Milan, Roma and Fiorentina (better teams), Sassuolo and Atalanta.
Worst: Chievo and the smallest clubs like Frosinone and SPAL.
I expect especially more from Udinese and Genoa since they were good academies in the last 10 year. Udinese not especially for Italians, but they gave youngsters at least a chance.
3 years ago there were +- 30 Italian youngsters in A, this year around 60!
Italy call up Quagliarella
By Football Italia staff
Sampdoria veteran Fabio Quagliarella has been called up to a two-day Italy training camp ahead of next month’s Euro 2020 qualifiers.
Although not an official squad, Quagliarella is selected by an Italy CT for the first time since October 2015, while the striker’s last cap came five years before that.
The 36-year-old is Serie A’s top goalscorer, having already netted 16 times for high-flying Samp this season.
Quagliarella is joined at the camp by teenagers Nicolo Zaniolo, Sandro Tonali and Moise Kean, all of whom have already been called up by CT Roberto Mancini.
There are also inclusions for several new faces, including Parma pair Alessandro Bastoni and Roberto Inglese, plus Torino defender Armando Izzo – who was given a six-month ban for match-fixing in 2017 – and newly-fit Milan full-back Andrea Conti.
However, no foreign-based players have been summoned due to scheduling conflicts, as is the case for those plying their trades at Frosinone, Lazio, Cagliari and Atalanta, all of whom play on Monday.
The exception to the rule is Nicolo Barella, who is suspended for Cagliari’s match against Atalanta.
The training camp will take place at Coverciano between next Monday and Tuesday, ahead of the Azzurri’s qualifiers against Finland and Liechtenstein on March 23 and 26 respectively.
Italy squad for training camp in full:
Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan), Alex Meret (Napoli), Salvatore Sirigu (Torino)
Defenders: Alessandro Bastoni (Parma), Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Andrea Conti (Milan), Domenico Criscito (Genoa), Mattia De Sciglio (Juventus), Alessandro Florenzi (Roma), Armando Izzo (Torino), Manuel Lazzari (SPAL), Alessio Romagnoli (Milan), Leonardo Spinazzola (Juventus)
Midfielders: Nicolo Barella (Cagliari), Marco Benassi (Fiorentina), Bryan Cristante (Roma), Roberto Gagliardini (Inter), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), Stefano Sensi (Sassuolo), Sandro Tonali (Brescia), Nicolo Zaniolo (Roma)
By Football Italia staff
Sampdoria veteran Fabio Quagliarella has been called up to a two-day Italy training camp ahead of next month’s Euro 2020 qualifiers.
Although not an official squad, Quagliarella is selected by an Italy CT for the first time since October 2015, while the striker’s last cap came five years before that.
The 36-year-old is Serie A’s top goalscorer, having already netted 16 times for high-flying Samp this season.
Quagliarella is joined at the camp by teenagers Nicolo Zaniolo, Sandro Tonali and Moise Kean, all of whom have already been called up by CT Roberto Mancini.
There are also inclusions for several new faces, including Parma pair Alessandro Bastoni and Roberto Inglese, plus Torino defender Armando Izzo – who was given a six-month ban for match-fixing in 2017 – and newly-fit Milan full-back Andrea Conti.
However, no foreign-based players have been summoned due to scheduling conflicts, as is the case for those plying their trades at Frosinone, Lazio, Cagliari and Atalanta, all of whom play on Monday.
The exception to the rule is Nicolo Barella, who is suspended for Cagliari’s match against Atalanta.
The training camp will take place at Coverciano between next Monday and Tuesday, ahead of the Azzurri’s qualifiers against Finland and Liechtenstein on March 23 and 26 respectively.
Italy squad for training camp in full:
Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan), Alex Meret (Napoli), Salvatore Sirigu (Torino)
Defenders: Alessandro Bastoni (Parma), Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Andrea Conti (Milan), Domenico Criscito (Genoa), Mattia De Sciglio (Juventus), Alessandro Florenzi (Roma), Armando Izzo (Torino), Manuel Lazzari (SPAL), Alessio Romagnoli (Milan), Leonardo Spinazzola (Juventus)
Midfielders: Nicolo Barella (Cagliari), Marco Benassi (Fiorentina), Bryan Cristante (Roma), Roberto Gagliardini (Inter), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), Stefano Sensi (Sassuolo), Sandro Tonali (Brescia), Nicolo Zaniolo (Roma)
This is brilliant: https://www.theblizzard.co.uk/article/sentimental-journey
Don't skip the footnote stories - just as brilliant.
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Except the part where he says Moratti isn't that bad.
Is Gabriele Marcotti an Inter fan?
Don't skip the footnote stories - just as brilliant.
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Except the part where he says Moratti isn't that bad.
Is Gabriele Marcotti an Inter fan?
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Shame. He seems like a reasonable dude otherwise 
Now, when I think of it, I was confusing him with James Horncastle, another Calcio aficionado. He's the Romanista, I believe.
Now, when I think of it, I was confusing him with James Horncastle, another Calcio aficionado. He's the Romanista, I believe.
No. I presume it is the C4 Football Italia theme?
James Richardson was always top class, even if he clearly had a Fiorentina/Firenze and (AS) Roma vibe about him. Those were the glory days and might not return for a long while, calcio was magical then. It's not just nostalgia, it was the first thoroughly televised great league and so many great players.
As for the Azzurri, there have been so many false dawns I've become a bit jaded with them over the last 4 or 5 years, but you can see genuine quality coming through and it gives great optimism for the future. Besides, tournaments are not all about great players, as Croatia showed, but having great players does also help a lot, as France showed.
James Richardson was always top class, even if he clearly had a Fiorentina/Firenze and (AS) Roma vibe about him. Those were the glory days and might not return for a long while, calcio was magical then. It's not just nostalgia, it was the first thoroughly televised great league and so many great players.
As for the Azzurri, there have been so many false dawns I've become a bit jaded with them over the last 4 or 5 years, but you can see genuine quality coming through and it gives great optimism for the future. Besides, tournaments are not all about great players, as Croatia showed, but having great players does also help a lot, as France showed.
What happened to Belotti? Wasn't that long ago Torino president was bragging about turning down 100mil euro offers
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Injuries force some absences, form others. I see Meret, Conti, De Sciglio, Lo. Pellegrini, Insigne, Belotti and Balotelli on the fringes of this squad. A bunch of extra attackers basically for tryouts included too.
