September 1, 2015 – The four 2006 world champions Fabio Cannavaro, Simone Perrotta, Gianluca Zambrotta and Simone Barone, as well as other great players of the Italian national football team (like Toto Schillaci, ‘White Feather’ Fabrizio Ravanelli, Damiano Tommasi, Stefano Tacconi and Antonio Benarrivo), have come together. Headed by the President of the Italian Coaches Association (AIAC) and director of the Coverciano Coaching School, Renzo Ulivieri, the former players are now the Azzurri Stars, who will make its debut on September 2 against Congo in the new stadium of Brazzaville. The game-event is organized by the Football Federation in collaboration with the Ministry of Economic Development, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Italian Footballers Association (AIC) and the Committee for Rome 2024, and is part of a broader cooperation framework between the Football Association and the Government, aimed at enhancing the image of Made in Italy in the World.
