Gentile calls up Bellini
Friday, March 22, 2002
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Claudio Gentile has named his squad for next week's Under-21 international against England.
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Claudio Gentile named his squad on Friday for next week's Under-21 friendly international against England.
Full debut
Atalanta BC defender Gianpaolo Bellini will be the newcomer for this match. At the same time, Brescia Calcio defender Daniele Bonera will make his return in the U-21 team after having been called up by Giovanni Trapattoni for the international against the United States on 13 February.
Dress rehearsal
The match will be played in Bradford on Tuesday, 26 March at 20.45CET. Ironically, Italy and England will meet again on 20 May at the Saint Jakob stadium in Basle in their second group match of the final tournament of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship.
The squad in full:
Pelizzoli, Rossi, Bonera, Bellini, Cannavaro, Ferrari, Lucchini, Zaccardo, Brighi, Castellini, Donati, Gatti, Maresca, Pinzi, Pirlo, Bonazzoli, Cassano, Maccarone, Marchionni, Iaquinta.