The time is almost upon us for the Genoa vs Empoli Coppa Italia game which is rapidly nearing kick-off, and the team line-ups have now been announced.
We can reveal that the starting XI for Genoa which is confirmed as follows:
Genoa
Nicola Leali #1
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.93m
Weight: 90kg
Age: 32
Nationality: Italy
Place of birth: Castiglione delle Stiviere, Italy
Aarón Martín Caricol #3
Also known as Martín
Defender
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Spain
Place of birth: Montmeló, Spain
Johan Vásquez #5
Defender
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Mexico
Place of birth: Mexico
Alessandro Marcandalli #27
Defender
Height: 1.9m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Italy
Place of birth: Italy
Stefano Sabelli #20
Defender
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 32
Nationality: Italy
Place of birth: Rome, Italy
Morten Frendrup #32
Midfielder
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 65kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Denmark
Place of birth: Denmark
Albert Grønbæk
Midfielder
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Denmark
Place of birth: Risskov, Denmark
Valentín Carboni #21
Midfielder
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 20
Nationality: Argentina
Place of birth: Argentina
Nicolae Stanciu
Midfielder
Height: 1.69m
Weight: 71kg
Age: 32
Nationality: Romania
Place of birth: Cricău, Romania
Junior Walter Messias #10
Also known as Messias
Forward
Height: 1.79m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 34
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Lorenzo Colombo #29
Forward
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Italy
Place of birth: Vimercate, Italy
The starting line-up for Empoli has also been confirmed as follows:
Empoli
Samuele Perisan #22
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.88m
Weight: 83kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Italy
Place of birth: Italy
Brando Moruzzi #27
Defender
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 68kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Italy
Place of birth: Florence, Italy
Franco Carboni #79
Defender
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Argentina
Place of birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Gabriele Guarino #34
Defender
Height: 1.93m
Weight: 86kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Italy
Place of birth: Molfetta, Italy
Nosa Edward Obaretin
Defender
Height: 1.93m
Weight: 81kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Italy
Place of birth: Forli, Italy
Tyronne Ebuehi #24
Defender
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Nigeria
Place of birth: Haarlem, Netherlands
Gerard Yepes Laut #14
Also known as Yepes
Midfielder
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Spain
Place of birth: Barcelona, Spain
Luca Belardinelli #8
Midfielder
Height: 1.9m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Italy
Place of birth: Ravenna, Italy
Rareş Ilie #10
Midfielder
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Romania
Place of birth: Bucharest, Romania
Edoardo Saporiti #70
Midfielder
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 79kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Italy
Place of birth: Genoa, Italy
Bogdan Popov #77
Forward
Height: 1.93m
Weight: 85kg
Age: 18
Nationality: Ukraine
Place of birth: Nizhyn, Ukraine
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