National Team, Operation Liechtenstein Gets Under Way

San Marino are back on the international stage: Roberto Cevoli’s Biancazzurri will make their UEFA Nations League debut tomorrow against Liechtenstein. Kick-off at the San Marino Stadium is scheduled for 20:45, while five days later the Titani will travel to Chișinău to face Moldova in an official friendly. Unfortunately, Filippo Berardi is not part of the squad, having picked up an injury in yesterday evening’s training session in Acquaviva. This was also a topic in the pre-match press conference: "I never like to talk about absentees, although the issue of injuries – including for the San Marino National Team – is becoming a recurring one," commented San Marino head coach Roberto Cevoli. "And here they have a greater impact than in other footballing environments, because we do not have such a large pool of players that we can easily replace an unavailable footballer. That said, I am more than happy with, and confident in, the players we have with us; in particular, the younger ones are eager and raring to show what they can do – and that gives me real optimism. Expectations are high in any case. From the draw in Paris we had this match in mind and all the work we have done so far has been geared towards tomorrow’s game. As always, it will be a difficult match, but against a team that – in my opinion – could be within our reach. Clearly, it will be up to the pitch to tell us whether that is indeed the case." On the same wavelength, Alessandro Golinucci added: "This is one of those games where both teams can feel they have a chance to win and will do everything they can to achieve it. We are playing at home and we must turn our stadium into an extra weapon. Our aim is to bring great competitive aggression onto the pitch and make the most of the qualities of our many young players, who can really hurt Liechtenstein. The first rule – in this respect – is to avoid defensive mistakes. Our most recent matches against them have been decided by the smallest of margins, so individual episodes become even more important. First and foremost, we want to show we are compact, because up front we have players who can cause problems for their back line." These are the players provisionally called up by Roberto Cevoli, before he leads the official training session at 20:30, after which he will make the final decision on the 23 who will be listed on tomorrow’s official team sheet.  

PLAYER	POS	DATE OF BIRTH	CLUB	C	G
COLOMBO Edoardo	GK	24/01/2001	-	4	-
ZAVOLI Matteo	GK	06/07/1996	La Fiorita	-	-
DE ANGELIS Mirco	GK	03/03/2000	Virtus	-	-
D'ADDARIO Alessandro	DEF	09/09/1997	Cosmos	33	-
BENVENUTI Giacomo	DEF	03/02/2006	Sassuolo	-	-
BENVENUTI Tommaso	DEF	03/02/2006	Sassuolo	-	-
CEVOLI Michele	DEF	22/07/1998	Juvenes-Dogana	23	-
ROSSI Dante Carlos	DEF	12/07/1987	Tropical Coriano	33	-
TOSI Alessandro	DEF	28/04/2001	San Marino Calcio	17	-
FRANCIOSI Simone	DEF	03/09/2001	Pietracuta	10	1
VALENTINI Giacomo	DEF	26/06/2001	Juvenes-Dogana	1	-
PASOLINI Marco	DEF	26/04/2003	Pietracuta	1	-
GOLINUCCI Enrico	MID	16/07/1991	Folgore	44	-
CAPICCHIONI Lorenzo	MID	19/01/2002	-	12	-
CONTADINI Andrea	MID	18/08/2002	Pietracuta	4	-
GOLINUCCI Alessandro	MID	10/10/1994	Virtus	51	1
ZANNONI Samuele	MID	29/04/2002	Pietracuta	-	-
BATTISTINI Michael	MID	08/10/1996	Libertas	26	-
MULARONI Marcello	MID	08/09/1998	Cosmos	43	-
VALLI CASADEI Matteo	MID	01/06/2005	Vanchiglia	1	-
VITAIOLI Matteo	FWD	27/10/1989	La Fiorita	94	1
NANNI Nicola	FWD	02/05/2000	-	38	1
GIACOPETTI Nicolas	FWD	05/06/2006	San Marino Academy	-	-
SENSOLI Nicko	FWD	14/06/2005	San Marino Academy	3	-

Tickets for San Marino–Liechtenstein (5 September, 20:45) and San Marino–Turkey (U21 – 10 September, 20:30) are still available: for information and how to purchase, visit www.fsgc.sm/biglietteria.

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