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Roberto Mancini e la seconda volta da ct per riportare la Nazionale dove merita

21 September

Roberto Mancini and his second time as coach to bring the national team back to where it deserves to be

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COVERCIANO - Mancini returned to Coverciano as coach for his second spell with the Azzurri. Before leading the training session at the start of the Nations League pre-season, he held his traditional press conference, appearing cheerful and motivated, expressing his joy to be back, not without a thought for Sandro Mazzola. His goal is to get the national team back to where it deserves to be. "We'll get some great results," Mancini assured. "To win, you need a team that plays well, that's fun, and that wants to achieve something important. We need to have fun first, if…"

Roberto Mancini convoca 34 giocatori, 9 alla prima chiamata in azzurro

18 September

Roberto Mancini calls up 34 players, 9 of them making their first appearances for the Azzurri.

Alessandro Bastoni, Alessandro Romano, Antonio Vergara, Bryan Cristante, Daniel Maldini, Daniele Ghilardi, Davide Frattesi, Diana Bianchedi, Diego Coppola, Eddy Kouadio, Federico Dimarco., Francesco Pio Esposito, James Raspadori, Gianluca Mancini, Gianluca Scamacca, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Giorgio Scalvini, John Di Lorenzo, William Vicar, Honest Ahanor, Issa Doumbia, Marco Carnesecchi, Massimo Pessina, Michael Kayode, Mohamed Ali Zoma, Moses Kean, Italian national football team, Nicholas Barella, Nicholas Cambiaghi, Nicholas Fagioli, Nicholas Zaniolo, Richard Calafiori, Roberto Mancini, Rolando Mandragora, Samuel Inacio, Sandro Tonali, Sebastiano Esposito

COVERCIANO - Roberto Mancini has named a 34-man squad for the four Nations League matches the national team will play in eleven days. Nine players are making their first Azzurri call-ups: Bologna goalkeeper Massimo Pessina, Roma defender Daniele Ghilardi, Brentford defender Michael Kayode, Monza defender Eddy Kouadio, Cagliari midfielder Alessandro Romano, Sporting CP midfielder Issa Doumbia, Sassuolo forward Sebastiano Esposito (who plays alongside his brother Pio Esposito, who plays for Inter Milan), Napoli forward Antonio Vergara, and Nuremberg forward Mohamed Ali Zoma. These players were confirmed after their call-ups last June for…

Calcio, Bianchedi nuova capo delegazione della Nazionale: «Obiettivo Mondiale»

18 Aug

Soccer, Bianchedi named new national team delegation leader: "Our goal is to win the World Cup."«

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ROME - "I'm very ready. There are no easy challenges, but I'm not afraid." Diana Bianchedi, former Olympic fencing champion, is preparing to take up her new role as head of delegation for the Italian national soccer team, appointed by FIGC president Giovanni Malagò. In an interview with Gazzetta dello Sport, Bianchedi explained that she feels a strong sense of responsibility in her new role, especially after the difficult period Italian soccer has been going through. "I'll approach it with enthusiasm, but also with the right amount of focus to make as few mistakes as possible. We're coming out of a difficult period, and I feel a great responsibility. We'll be working as a team like this in four years…"

Malagò indica Diana Bianchedi capo delegazione della Nazionale, il CONI ne verifica la compatibilità

09 Aug

Malagò appoints Diana Bianchedi as head of the national delegation; CONI verifies compatibility.

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Italian Football Federation (FIGC) President Giovanni Malagò has chosen Diana Bianchedi as head of delegation for the Italian national football team. Following Gigi Riva, Gianluca Vialli, and Gianluigi Buffon, this is a surprise choice that defied all expectations. The former fencing champion, deputy vice president of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI), welcomed the appointment with enthusiasm. A 1995 graduate in medicine and surgery, specializing in sports medicine, and inducted into the International Fencing Federation's Hall of Fame, Diana Bianchedi is 56 years old, married to foil fencer Gianmarco Amore, and has two children. In nominating Diana Bianchedi, the FIGC president spoke of a cultural revolution,…