The manager of the Italian under 23 national team, Alberto D’Auria has formalized the list of twenty blue athletes who will compete, from 8 to 12 August at Ducksfield of Wiener Neustadt, a town of 46,000 inhabitants in Lower Austria south of Vienna, the European championships in the category. The new face compared to the last rallies is that of Michael Vincent Cimini, third baseman-shortstop with a double passport, born in 2001, who, after finishing his commitments with Boston College, decided to end the season with the Grizzlies Campidonico Torino. Andrea Pasotto, on the other hand, will not be there, due to a problem with his wrist.
“I’m happy with this squad – underlines the manager Alberto D’Auria – although I would have liked to include some of the Italians who are playing in the United States. I repeat, I’m happy with what I have and ready to make a good impression”.
The twenty Azzurri, and three of the reserves, will meet on 31 July in Ronchi dei Legionari to complete the preparations in view of the departure for Austria, which will take place on the morning of 5 August. Among other things, a friendly match with Alberto Furlani’s New Black Panthers is scheduled for 2 August.
Italy, which will have the vice president Vincent Mignola as head of delegation e Riccardo Sogliateam executive, will make his debut at the European Championship on Tuesday 8 August at 10 am against France. The Azzurri, included in group B, will then face Belgium (Wednesday 9 August at 4 pm) and Germany (Thursday 10 at 2.30 pm) in the preliminary rounds. The semi-finals are scheduled for Friday 11, while the finals will be held on Saturday 12 August. Group A includes the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Great Britain and Austria.
The twenty summoned
Gabriele Angioi (Cagliari), Andres Antonio Annunziata Nino (Academy Of Neptune/Neptune 1945), marco artitzu (Porta Mortara Novara/BSC Grosseto), Thomas Battioni (Parma Baseball), Francesco Maria Bonvini (Crocetta Parma), Samuel Bruno (Academy Of Neptune/Godo), Luca Capellano (Ares Milano/Poviglio), Simon Carnival (Bergamo Bs/Oltretorrente), Vincent Michael Cimini (Grizzlies Torino), Niccolò Cinelli (Bsc Grosseto), Samuel Gamberini (Fortitude Bologna), Diego Gergolet (Fortitudo Bologna/New Black Panthers), Tommaso Giarola (Grizzlies Torino 48), Matthew Marelli (Senago Milan), Daniel Xavier Monti (Fortitude Bologna), Lorenzo Morrisi (Macerata Angels), Matthew Oldano (Grizzlies Torino 48), Francesco Pomponi (Oltretorrente/Parma Baseball), Mattia Sireus (Bsc Grosseto), Federico Virgadaula (Brescia).
The three reserves
Ion Age (Bsc Grosseto), Maoor Luca Pasquini Sweed (Parma Baseball/BSC Grosseto 1952), Manuel Zazza (Lion’s/Neptune 1945).
Lo staff
Alberto D’Auriamanager; Rolando Cretispitching coach; Gianmario Costa, Federico Bassi, Christian Gnudi, Gianluca Poli coach; Frankie Russoquality control coach; Michael Corbo, physical trainer; Davide Ortolinamedico; Marco Mennellaphysiotherapist; Richard Thresholdteam executive; Vincent MignolaHead of Delegation.
2023-07-21 09:15:08
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