San Marino. La Fiorita: here are the 22 players for the Champions League
There are only a few days left until the trip to Iceland, where La Fiorita will face the preliminary Champions League mini-tournament.
Today the club filed the Uefa list, which includes 22 players. There are several innovations compared to the squad that won the championship: in addition to the departing players, in fact, there are also defections for work reasons. The defenders Brighi, Gasperoni and Santi and the midfielders Lunadei, Pancotti Zafferani will not board the flight for Iceland.
Defections to which the sporting director Denis Casadei has placed in part with the new grafts for next season, in part with the loans for Europe.
For Champios’ commitment, Diesse Casadei signed on loan from Coriano the defenders Anastasi and Costantini and the San Marino midfielder David Tomassini. From Gabicce, on the other hand, the midfielders Grassi and Vaierani and the forward Cinotti arrive. Other additions for the Champions League are the attacking winger Sami Abouzziane, this year with Fiorentino, the Domagnano defender Angelo Faetanini and the defender Antonio Pellegrino.
The signings for next season are the former Faetano Fatica, Palazzi and Romagna, the latter however absent in Iceland.
Finally, the striker Ramiro Lago returns to wear the yellow-blue jersey after last year’s experience in the Conference League.
“It was not an easy job – comments Casadei -. We knew we were losing several players for this away match and so we tried to take groups of players who already knew each other, so as to facilitate their inclusion within the group and facilitate the feeling of the game. We looked for San Marino people who were willing to face this adventure, also because our national teams arrived from 4 international matches in 20 days. We focused on Abouzziane, one of the greatest revelations of the last season; a young and interesting prospect. Lago had been with us last year and, as soon as there was a chance to bring him back with us, we didn’t think twice. At the moment the new acquisitions Fatica and Palazzi are very well integrated, waiting for Romagna to be added. We had little time to prepare, but we believe we have done our best, the field will give the first response ”.
The Gialloblù will debut on Tuesday, at 13:00 Icelanders, against the Andorranians of the Inter Club d’Escaldes. In case of success, then, on Friday 24th they would face the victory of the other semifinal, which will see Levadia (Estonia) and Víkingur Reykjavík (Iceland) opposing.
The departure for Iceland is scheduled for Monday morning at 9:00 by charter flight from Rimini airport. The sprint of the flight is approximately 4 and a half hours. Transfer and hotel accommodation will follow, while finishing training is scheduled for 5:30 pm local time.
THE Uefa LIST
Abouzziane Sami FORWARD 16/09/2001
Amati Armando MIDFIELD 15/01/1995
Anastasi Mattia DEFENDER 03/19/1997
Bonifazi Luca MIDFIELD 11/12/1982
Cinotti Francesco FORWARD 04/14/1986
Costantini Mattia DEFENDER 27/07/1989
Faetanini Angelo DEFENDER 17/01/1993
Fatigue Lorenzo DEFENDER 08/31/1988
Grandoni Andrea DEFENDER 03/23/1997
Grassi Andrea MIDFIELD 30/09/1993
Gregori Emanuele FORWARD 12/07/1995
Lago Ramiro Martin FORWARD 14/10/1987
Miori Manuel DEFENDER 28/04/2000
Neri Alan GOALKEEPER 07/11/1997
Palazzi Nicola CENTERFIELD 26/09/1996
Pellegrino Antonio DEFENDER 06/18/1998
Rinaldi Danilo Ezequiel MIDFIELD 18/04/1986
Serra Sanchez Moises Davide DEFENDER 02/08/2000
Tomassini David Midfielder 14/03/2000
Vaierani Davide MIDFIELD 26/09/1988
Venturini Simone GOALKEEPER 05/27/1998
Vivan Gianluca GOALKEEPER 12/27/1983