A highly anticipated double friendly awaits the National Under-18 team, who will face hosts France on Thursday 17 (15.00 CET) and Sunday 20 November (11.00 CET) at the Federal Technical Centre in Clairefontaine. It will be Italy's last engagement of 2022, who in their first three friendly matches of the season defeated Albania 3-0 in August before picking up a victory and a defeat in the two matches with Serbia played at the end of September in L'Aquila.

24 players have been called up by coach Daniele Franceschini (23 class of 2005 and the class of 2006 Adam Bakouné), who will meet on the evening of Sunday 13 November at the Giulio Onesti Olympic Preparation Centre in Rome and travel to France on Wednesday 16 November on the eve of the match against the trans-Alpine peers.

The record of matches between the Under-18 national teams of Italy and France sees the Bleus slightly ahead: in the 34 previous matches the Azzurrini have managed 12 wins, 9 draws and 13 defeats. The last meeting was back on 4 July in Oran, when in the final of the Mediterranean Games, in front of 30,000 spectators, France won 1-0 thanks to a goal scored by Pirringuel.

Squad list

Goalkeepers: Federico Magro (Lazio), Francesco Borriello (Parma), Francesco Di Bartolo Zuccarello (Udinese);
Defenders: Marco Palestra (Atalanta), Adam Bakouné (AC Milan), Saverio Domanico (Juventus), Pietro Comuzzo (Fiorentina), Saer Diop (Bologna), Luigi D’Avino (Napoli), Alessandro Milani (Lazio), Davide Bartesaghi (AC Milan);
Midfielders: Aaron Ciammaglichella (Torino), Fabio Parravicini (SPAL), Diego Ripani (Juventus), Leonardo Bovo (Inter), Leonardo Graziani (Roma), Marco Oliva (Lazio), Daniele Quieto (Inter), Vincenzo Onofrietti Teixeira (Borussia Dortmund);
Forwards: Kevin Bruno (Sassuolo), Alessandro Bolzan (Roma), Francesco Pio Esposito (Inter), Enoch Owusu (Inter), Lorenzo Anghelé (Juventus).

Staff – Coach: Daniele Franceschini; Assistant coach: Matteo Barella; Fitness coach: Nicolò Varesco; Goalkeeper coach: Fabrizio Capodici; Match analyst: Andrea Zappavigna; Doctors: Alessandro Carducci e Lorenzo Sapegno; Physio: Andrea Cantera; Secretary: Fabio Ferappi.