BY FIDAF
Even the Italy of football returns “to school”, with the meeting of the U19 National Team set by coach Giorgio Longhi for the next 24 and 25 September in Reggio Emilia.
The selection and preparation start again from the solid base of athletes who, last July, played the European Championships of category (Group B), updating the vintages and extending the convocation to those born in 2004, 2005 and 2006. The Italian coaching staff, in fact, wants to play in advance and work carefully to build a future as solid as possible, monitoring the Italian youth movement in close synergy with all the teams involved and their respective technicians.
With the youth championships at the starting line and the international appointments scheduled for 2023 (European qualifiers), coach Longhi and his staff will have time and way to build the new U19 National Team calmly, well aware of the great improvements that can be achieved quickly by working carefully with athletes of this age.
As for the technical cadres, news in the defensive department, where Daniele Seccia has been appointed Assistant Coach, in support of the Defensive Coordinator Mauro Solmi.