National Team, friendly with Cyprus tomorrow. Cevoli: "We must change our attitude compared to Slovakia"

Back from the trip to Austria, where the Titáns faced Slovakia, the San Marino National Team is on the eve of its second friendly of this early June window. Tomorrow at 18:00 – live radio commentary on Titani.tv – Roberto Cevoli’s Biancoazzurri will take on Cyprus at the San Marino Stadium. "We have to change our attitude compared to the match against Slovakia,” said head coach Cevoli at the press conference, “and the lads have understood that. We need the personality to do things and that is what I expect tomorrow. We have to do something more, we need to learn from our mistakes. The players are eager to learn and they show me that every time in training." There have been six previous meetings with the small Mediterranean state, all of them in European Championship and World Cup qualifying. Every encounter – both at home and away – has gone Cyprus’ way, and they have yet to concede a single goal to San Marino. "My mindset,” Cevoli continued, “is always to win. First of all, though, we must have the right attitude. Then the rewards will follow, such as scoring a goal. But we have to change our mentality and understand that even though San Marino is a small nation, it can cause problems for anyone." Dante Rossi is also determined to bounce back after last Wednesday’s defeat to Slovakia. "It was a difficult match, even if we expected that," the defender commented in the press conference. "Slovakia are a great team and will soon be playing at the Euros. Against Cyprus we will have to play a different kind of game, trying to put into practice what we work on in training. We also have the quality to strike and be dangerous." Flu rules out Marco Gasperoni, so he will be replaced by Simone Giocondi of San Marino Academy. Tickets are still on sale for tomorrow evening’s match – scheduled for 18:00 at the Stadium – at a full price of €10.00, with concessions at €5.00 for over-65s and people with disabilities. Admission will be free for boys and girls who have not yet turned 12. These are the players called up by head coach Roberto Cevoli for the friendly against Cyprus:  

N.	PLAYER	ROLE	DOB	CLUB	AP.	G.
23	AMICI Pietro	GK	27/01/2004	Fossombrone	-	-
1	COLOMBO Edoardo	GK	24/01/2001	Rimini	3	-
12	ZAVOLI Matteo	GK	06/07/1996	La Fiorita	-	-
5	CEVOLI Michele	DEF	22/07/1998	Juvenes-Dogana	22	-
11	CONTADINI Andrea	DEF	18/08/2002	Pietracuta	3	-
2	D'ADDARIO Alessandro	DEF	09/09/1997	Cosmos	32	-
13	FRANCIOSI Simone	DEF	03/09/2001	Pietracuta	10	1
3	PALAZZI Mirko	DEF	21/03/1987	Cosmos	75	1
15	PASOLINI Marco	DEF	26/04/2003	Pietracuta	1	-
6	ROSSI Dante Carlos	DEF	12/07/1987	Tropical Coriano	32	-
20	TOSI Alessandro	DEF	28/04/2001	Victor San Marino	16	-
21	BATTISTINI Michael	MID	08/10/1996	Tre Penne	25	-
25	GIOCONDI Simone	MID	28/04/2002	San Marino Academy	-	-
17	GOLINUCCI Alessandro	MID	10/10/1994	Virtus	50	1
8	GOLINUCCI Enrico	MID	16/07/1991	Folgore	44	-
22	MULARONI Marcello	MID	08/09/1998	Cosmos	42	-
14	VALENTINI Giacomo	MID	26/06/2001	Juvenes-Dogana	-	-
24	VALLI CASADEI Matteo	MID	01/06/2005	San Marino Academy	-	-
10	BERARDI Filippo	FWD	18/05/1997	Cosmos	29	3
9	NANNI Nicola	FWD	02/05/2000	Olbia	37	1
19	PANCOTTI Samuel	FWD	31/10/2000	Folgore	6	-
18	SENSOLI Nicko	FWD	14/06/2005	San Giuliano City	2	-
7	VITAIOLI Matteo	FWD	27/10/1989	La Fiorita	93	1

 

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