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Italy under 21

- European -

First edition of European Championship for juniores: 1970 (under 23)

First edition European Championship under 21: 1978

The European Championship under 21 is the Qualification Round for the Olympiads.

Euro 2000

- Slovakia -

The Team:

Christian Abbiati (G) -Milan- , Morgan De Sanctis (G) -Udinese-, Alessandro Grandoni (D) -Torino-, Luca Mezzano (D) -Brescia-, Marco Zanchi (D) -Udinese-, Matteo Ferrari (D) -Bari-, Francesco Coco (D) -Torino-, Claudio Rivalta (D) -Perugia-, Bruno Cirillo (D) -Reggina-, Roberto Baronio (M) -Reggina-, Gennaro Ivan Gattuso (M) -Milan-, Simone Perrotta (M) -Bari-, Ighli Vannucchi (M) -Salernitana-, Claudio Zanetti (M) -Roma-, Fabio Firmani (M) -Vicenza-, Marco Rossi (M) -Salernitana-, Giovanni Comandini (F) -Vicenza-, Nicola Ventola (F) -Bologna-, Andrea Pirlo (F) -Reggina-, Gionatha Spinesi (F) -Bari-

C.T. Marco Tardelli

The Matches of the "Little Italy":

Italy: Abbiati, Grandoni, Zanchi, Cirillo, Gattuso (86' Perrotta), Baronio, Zanetti, Coco, Pirlo (80' Vannucchi), Comandini, Ventola (71' Spinesi).
England: Weaver, Mills, Carragher, King, Johnson, Thompson (74' Chadwick), Lampard, Hendrie (46' Dunn), Harley, Cort (65' Jansen), Jeffers.
Referee: Fandel (Germany)
Goals: 23' pt Comandini, 45' Pirlo (pen.)
Yellow Cards: Grandoni, Gattuso, Johnson

Slovakia: Contofalsky, Lerant, Cisovsky, Hinka, Gresko, Kisel (1' St Barcik), Czinege, Krsko, Hrncar (25' Sh Mintal), Nemeth (43' Sh Sedlak), Babnic. (12 Bartalsky Secondo Portiere, 14 Supka, 15 Meszaros, 17 Vyskoc, 19 Petras, 20 Pulen).
Italy: Abbiati, Grandoni, Zanchi, Cirillo, Gattuso, Baronio, Zanetti, Coco, Pirlo, Comandini (23' Sh Vannucchi), Ventola (29' Sh Spinesi). (1 De Sanctis, 3 Mezzano, 5 Ferrari, 14 Rivalta, 11 Perrotta, 18 Firmani, 19 Rossi).
Referee: Schoch (Swizerland)
Goals: Fh 16' Baronio; Sh 27' Babnic
Corners: 6-1 per la Slovakia
Red Cards: Pirlo at 9' Sh for double yellow card
Yellow Cards: Kisel, Krsko, Baronio and Cirillo
Fans: 7.500

Italy: Abbiati, Grandoni, Zanchi, Cirillo, Gattuso (1' sh Perrotta), Baronio (26' sh Firmani), Zanetti, Coco, Vannucchi, Comandini (19' sh Ventola), Spinesi (1 De Sanctis, 3 Mezzano, 5 Ferrari, 14 Rivalta, 19 Rossi) CT: Tardelli
Turkey: Suleyman, Gungor, Engin, Erkan, Ali', Serkan, Bulent (35' sh Halit), Erhan (1' sh Mehmet), Yildiray (1' sh Serhat), Nihat, Ahmet (1 Metin, 6 Yasin, 15 Soner, 18 Orhan, 19 Okan) CT: Cetiner
Referee: Ivanov 6.5 (Russia)
Goals: fh 13' Spinesi, 35' Baronio (pen.); sh 8' Serhat, 37' Ventola
Corners: 5-4 per l'Italia
Yellow Cards: Gungor e Mehmet per gioco falloso
Fans: 300

GROUP B Slovakia-Turkey 2-1 Italy-England 2-0 Italy-Slovakia 1-1 England-Turkey 6-0 Italy-Turkey 3-1 England-Slovakia 0-2 Pt G V N P GF GS Italy 7 3 2 1 0 6 2 Slovakia 7 3 2 1 0 5 2 England 3 3 1 0 2 6 4 Turkey 0 3 0 0 3 2 11 GROUP A Croazia-Holland 1-2 Spain-R.Ceca 1-1 Spain-Croatia 0-0 R.Ceca-Holland 3-1 Holland-Spain 0-1 R.Ceca-Croatia 4-3 Pt G V N P GF GS R.Ceca 7 3 2 1 0 8 5 Spain 5 3 1 2 0 2 1 Holland 3 3 1 0 2 3 5 Croatia 1 3 0 1 2 4 6

FINAL

04-06-2000 Bratislava

Italy - Czech Republic 2-1

Italy: Abbiati, Grandoni, Zanchi, Cirillo, Gattuso, Baronio, Zanetti (39' Sh Firmani), Coco, Pirlo, Comandini (27' Sh Ventola), Spinesi (47' Sh Vannucchi) (1 De Sanctis, 3 Mezzano, 5 Ferrari, 14 Rivalta, 11 Perrotta, 19 Rossi) CT: Tardelli
Czech Republic: Chvalovsky, Lukas Dosek, Lengyel, Petrous, Tyce, Sionko (16' Sh Baros), Ujfalusi, Jarolim (19' Sh Grygera), Jankulovski (36' Sh Polak), Tomas Dosek, Heinz (20 Bures, 13 Jarosik, 14 Brabec, 17 Libor Dosek, 18 Simak, 16 Drobny Terzo Portiere) CT:Bruckner
Referee: Nilsson (Sweden)
Goals: Fh 41' Pirlo (Pen.); Sh 6' Tomas Dosek, 35' Pirlo
Corners: 5-3 for the Czech Republic
Red Cards: Coco at 48' Sh
Yellow Cards: Grandoni,Gattuso and Tyce
Fans: 10.000

Final 3°/4° place

04-06-2000 Bratislava

Slovakia - Spain 0-1

Qualifycated to Sidney 2000: Italy, Czech Republic, Spain and Slovakia.