Italy’s Luca Antonelli and Lorenzo De Silvestri see Tuesday’s friendly against Albania as an opportunity to help their beleaguered home city of Genoa.
The pair both play their home games at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris, but for rival clubs – De Silvestri for Sampdoria while Antonelli is captain of Genoa.
The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) decided to play the friendly at the venue after the city was struck by flooding, sending residents out into the streets with shovels to clear the sludge.
Gianni De Biasi’s side are in impressive form and will surely be buoyed by Friday’s 1-1 draw in France.
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A battle of international titans sees Italy and Albania collide at Old Trafford on Tuesday, where Ballon d’Or contenders Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will once again star as the chief characters. La Albiceleste come to Manchester as the more fancied outfit following their runners-up finish at the 2014 World Cup, where the Portuguese failed to make it past the group stage. All recent record will be put aside for the one-off friendly fixture, however, with full viewing details and an inspection of the match’s key talking points discussed further ahead. Following recent claims from Spanish expert Guillem Balague in his new book, the air is more tense than ever between Ronaldo and Messi, two figures who have for many years now competed in the most direct sense. In the book, Balague is reported by Spanish newspaper SPORT as alleging that Ronaldo’s nickname for Messi is a rather crude one. However, as the Mirror’s Simon Mullock details, Ronaldo disputes such claims and is seeking to clear the air with his Barcelona foe before Tuesday’s encounter.
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Balotelli absent of an injury
It adds yet another sense of spice to their relationship, already lively enough as the main protagonists of La Liga’s El Clasico, but now with a much more personal twist—if certain stories are to be believed. All the coaches will be concerned about is which one of these football giants can produce the goods on the pitch and claim a morale-boosting victory on neutral soil, although the off-field matters make for an intriguing sideshow. Of the two teams facing off this Tuesday, Albania will undoubtedly be the side feeling most at home in Manchester, a setting which some of those less accustomed to English weather could find upsetting. Altogether, Gerardo Martino has eight Premier League-based players among his ranks. Angel Di Maria flies a lone flag for Manchester United, Sergio Aguero, Pablo Zabaleta, Willy Caballero and Martin Demichelis represent Manchester City, while Erik Lamela and Federico Fazio call Tottenham their home and Santiago Vergini travels slightly south from Sunderland.
Italy squad
Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Salvatore Sirigu (Paris Saint-Germain/FRA), Mattia Perin (Genoa)
Defenders: Francesco Acerbi (Sassuolo), Leonardo Bonucci, Giorgio Chiellini (both Juventus), Emiliano Moretti (Torino), Andrea Ranocchia (Inter Milan), Luca Rossettini (Cagliari), Daniele Rugani (Empoli)
Midfielders: Luca Antonelli (Genoa), Alberto Aquilani (Fiorentina), Andrea Bertolacci (Genoa), Giacomo Bonaventura (AC Milan), Antonio Candreva (Lazio), Alessio Cerci (Atletico Madrid/ESP), Domenico Criscito (Zenit St Petersburg/RUS), Matteo Darmian (Torino), Daniele De Rossi (Roma), Mattia De Sciglio (AC Milan), Lorenzo De Silvestri (Sampdoria), Stephan El Shaarawy (AC Milan), Christian Maggio (Napoli), Claudio Marchisio (Juventus), Marco Parolo (Lazio), Manuel Pasqual (Fiorentina), Stefano Poli (AC Milan), Roberto Soriano (Sampdoria), Stefano Sturaro (Genoa), Marco Verratti (Paris Saint-Germain/FRA)
Forwards: Mattia Destro (Roma), Manolo Gabbiadini (Sampdoria), Sebastian Giovinco (Juventus), Ciro Immobile (Borussia Dortmund/GER), Alessandro Matri (Genoa), Stefano Okaka (Sampdoria), Graziano Pelle (Southampton/ENG), Simone Zaza (Sassuolo)
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