The libero Luca Loreti, born in 2005, who next season will wear the Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza shirt, will be at work with the National Azzurra Under 20 team from Saturday 27 July.

A new call-up, therefore, for the red and white libero a few weeks after the silver medal won at the Under 22 European Championship played in Holland.

The Under 20 Italian National Team, led by Michele Zanin, will meet in Camigliatello Silano, in the province of Cosenza, from Saturday 27 July to Friday 9 August to carry out a new period of work, the fifth, in view of the European Category Championships scheduled from 26 August to 7 September in Vrnjačka Banja (Serbia) and Arta (Greece).

During the collegiate season the blue group will be involved in a series of test matches against Latvia of the same age.

The test match calendar

4 August, 6pm: Italy-Latvia

6 August, 6pm: Italy-Latvia

7 August, 6pm: Italy-Latvia

8 August, 6pm: Italy-Latvia

These are the athletes called up

Francesco Bergamasco (SSCD Pallavolo Padova SRL); Pietro Bonisoli, Marco Valbusa (Verona Volleyball); Alessandro Bristot, Marco Fedrici (Trentino Volley SRL); Stefano Cappadona (New Mater SRL); Gabriel Galiano, Daniele Carpita (Volleyball San Giustino SSD); Giacomo Selleri (GS Por. Robur Costa 2030); Gabriele Mariani (SSD Pall. Franco Tigano); Diego Frascio, Gioele Adeola Taiwo (Volley Milano SRL); Andrea Malavasi (Cuneo Sport 2018); Mati Pardo (Modena Volley Punto Zero); Federico Miraglia (Casarano Volley SSD), Tommaso Barotto (Powervolley Milano 2.0); Lorenzo Magliano (ASD Delta Volley Porto Viro), Luca Loreti (Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza).

The staff:

Vincenzo Fanizza (technical coordinator); Michele Zanin (first coach); Giovanni Preti (second coach), Alex Boncompagni (Doctor); Simone Cinelli (Physiotherapist); Andrea Pozzi (athletic trainer); Stefano Recine (companion manager) Annalisa Pinto (Team manager and scoutman).