May 31, 2001

Morace calls up her troops

Mario Rimati

Head Coach Carolina Morace has again called up her troops, this time for her most important event since taking over the National Team from former coach Ettore Recagni I.e. the European Championship which will take place in Germany from June 23rd to July 7th.
Morace has named 20 players to the training camp which will soon get underway (12 of the 20 players were present at USA'99).

Goalkeepers
Brenzan (Foroni)
Brunozzi (Oristano)
Comin (Bardolino)
Defenders
Perelli (Pisa)
Tesse (Foroni)
Caprini (Lazio)
Masia (Torres)
Tavalazzi (Torres)
Schiavi (Monza)
Midfielders
Frollani (Lazio)
Duo'(Lazio)
Zorri (Lazio)
Ceroni (Lazio)
Deiana (Torres)
Pellizzer (Foroni)
D'Astolfo (Foroni)
Forwards
Guarino (Torres)
Panico (Lazio)
Marsico (Gravina)
Tagliacarne (Milan)

In other news, the Italian Female Division, through a national soccer sports magazine, recently sponsored a
contest for the magazine's readers to pick this season's best Italian league all-round players. And the winnersareŠ..

Category Player

Best goalkeeper: Giorgia Brenzan (Foroni)
Best defender: Manuela Tesse (Foroni)
Best midfielder: Federica D'Astolfo (Foroni)
Best forward: Patrizia "The Scorpion" Panico (Lazio)
Best foreign player: Spain's Angeles Parejo (Torres)

Player of the year: Debora Novelli (Fiammamonza)