July 2 (Reuters) – Italy have incorporated Barcelona’s 16-year-old midfielder Giulia Dragoni of their 23-player squad for the Girls’s International Cup launched on Sunday.
Dragoni made her debut in a house pleasant towards Morocco on Saturday which completed goalless.
Milena Bertolini’s squad announcement got here with few different surprises as she incorporated key avid gamers akin to Cristiana Girelli, Lisa Boattin and Manuela Giugliano.
It used to be already recognized that 34-year-old captain Sara Gama would now not be within the squad for “technical-tactical and bodily” elements. Bertolini didn’t say who would take over as skipper.
Defenders Maria Luisa Filangeri and Beatrice Merlo are on standby and can educate with the squad within the lead as much as the event able to step up in case of sickness or harm.
The 9th version of the International Cup is being hosted by means of New Zealand and Australia, with Italy beginning towards Argentina on July 24 ahead of taking up Sweden and South Africa in Team G.
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Rachele Baldi, Francesca Durante, Laura Giuliani
Defenders: Elisa Bartoli, Lisa Boattin, Lucia Di Guglielmo, Martina Lenzini, Elena Linari, Benedetta Orsi, Cecilia Salvai
Midfielders: Arianna Caruso, Valentina Cernoia, Giulia Dragoni, Manuela Giugliano, Giada Greggi, Emma Severini
Forwards: Chiara Beccari, Barbara Bonansea, Sofia Cantore, Valentina Giacinti, Cristiana Girelli, Benedetta Glionna, Annamaria Serturini
Reporting by means of Tommy Lund in Gdansk; Enhancing by means of Ken Ferris
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