The Azzurrini of different age categories are already capable of “being a team” and can go head to head with all the teams in the world; Individually, however, there is no comparison. Just look at the potential under-21 squads of Europe’s biggest nations.
Which under-21s play for the Azzurri? The comparison…😨
But let’s start with Italybecause in the senior national team configuration there only four under-21 players: Pio Esposito (20), Lecture (21), Pisilli (21) and kayode (21 and not called by Gattuso).
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Now let’s see what is the The France, Spain and Germany U21 lineups would be what they would be if they could call up all their real U21 players.
FRANCE U21 WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS
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Goalkeeper: Risser (Lens starting goalkeeper)
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LB: Sangui (starter at Paris FC)
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Central: Yoro (62 million – Manchester United)
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CB: Jacquet (50 million – Rennes)
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CM: Bouaddi (50 million, Lille)
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FORWARD: Mathys Tel (Bayern Munich)
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Forward: Kroupi (40 million, Bournemouth)
From this lineup we exclude names like Robinio Vaz and Restes (Toulouse goalkeeper).
SPAIN U21 WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS
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Goalkeeper: Fran González (Real Madrid Castilla)
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Central: Huijsen (Real Madrid)
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RB: A. Jiménez (Bournemouth)
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CM: R. Mendoza (Atletico de Madrid)
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DEL: Samu Aghehowa (Porto)
Of these 11 we exclude Fresneda, Thiago Pitarch, Gasiorowski and Joan Martin.
GERMANY U21 WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS
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Goalkeeper: Backhaus (Werder Bremen starting goalkeeper)
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LB: Rothe (Union Berlin substitute)
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CB: Jeltsch (Stuttgart starter)
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Central: Coulibaly (Werder Bremen starter)
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LH: Morgalla (Bochum starter)
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CM: Pavlovic (Bayern Munich)
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CM: Lennart Karl (Bayern Munich)
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CM: Bischof (Bayern Munich)
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DEL: El Mala (Cologne owner)
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Forward: Tresoldi (Club Brugge starter)
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Forward: Ansah (Union Berlin starter)
From this team we excluded players like Moukoko, Ouédraogo (Leipzig starter before a knee injury) and Gruda (Leipzig starter).
Azzurrini from the Under 20 World Cup: where were they?
The lineups we have seen are Composed almost entirely of starters or rotation players from top-class clubs. In addition to that, there are at least 2/3 absolute top-notch stars, key players for some of the biggest clubs in the world.
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A completely different story compared to Italy. Let’s take a look at the Azzurrini who reached the final of the U-20 World Cup 2023because of that team those who play in Serie A are: Pio Esposito (Bury), Pisilli (Roma), Ghilardi (Roma), prati (Turin), Baldanzi (Genoa), lipani (Sassuolo) and Casadei (Turin).
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here.