Italy Jr. Youth (イタリアJr.ユース) is an under-16 national football team that appeared in the Captain Tsubasa manga series.
Description[]
Italy Jr. Youth is the U-16 national team that represents Italy in international football competitions.
In J Boys' Challenge, they were famous for their defense and lightning-fast passes. However, they lack a good forward.
History[]
J Boys' Challenge[]
Italy Jr. Youth participated in the 1st International Jr. Youth Tournament in France.
Prior to the tournament, Italy were supposed to play a friendly match against Japan Jr. Youth, but they refused since they found Japan - the team that lost against Hamburg Jr. and Bremen Jr. - too weak. Angered, Tsubasa Ozora challenged Italy, got past the entire team and scored a goal to Gino Hernandez with the Drive Shot.
Italy soon faced Japan again in the group stage of the tournament, this time being better prepared. At the beginning of the match, Italy continuously used fouls to stop Tsubasa's tempo, which led to a free kick for Japan. Tsubasa tricked Italy by letting Hikaru Matsuyama perform his Eagle Shot instead of using the Drive Shot, but Hernandez caught the ball and intentionally sent it towards Tsubasa. Hernandez then perfectly stopped the Drive Shot. Japan kept on attacking, but all of their attempts were stopped by Hernandez. The first half ended with neither team scoring.
As the second half began, Italy quickly took the lead with a counter, utilizing their Blue Lightning passes. Japan became desperate to make a goal, but the Italians' defense held fast. However, after Taro Misaki was subbed in, Hernandez finally conceded to the Golden Combi, despite putting up a good fight.
While Hernandez managed to keep his composure and defend his goal well, Italy's counters no longer worked on the Japanese defense. Near the end of the match, even though Hernandez stopped continuous shots with his Golden Right Hand, he still eventually conceded another goal to Kojiro Hyuga's Neo Tiger Shot. The match ended with a 1-2 loss for Italy.
After the match, Hernandez would offer a handshake and an apology for refusing to play the friendly match before, which would be accepted by both Hyuga and Tsubasa. As Hernandez's right index and middle fingers had been broken due to his attempts to defend Tsubasa and Hyuga's attacks, he could not play against Argentina Jr. Youth, and Italy suffered a crushing defeat, 0-5.
Uniforms[]
| Home | Keeper |
|---|---|
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- Home: Blue shirt with green-white-red stripes collar stripes and sleeve borders, white shorts and blue socks with a green-white-red stripe on top.
- Goalkeeper: Silver shirt with blue collar and blue cuffs, black shorts and white socks. The captain armband is white.
The emblem is the scudetto (tricolor shield) with a blue rectangle on the top with "ITALIA" written in gold above the shield. Both uniforms are based on the uniforms worn by Italy at the 1982 FIFA World Cup.
Results[]
Prior to J Boys' Challenge[]
Friendly matches[]
Italy Jr. Youth 
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1-1 |  Hamburg Jr. Youth
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J Boys' Challenge[]
Friendly matches[]
| Italy Jr. Youth
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1-0 |  Bremen Jr. Youth
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| Italy Jr. Youth
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--- |  Japan Jr. Youth
|
Cancelled |
1st International Jr. Youth Tournament in France[]
| Group stage | Italy Jr. Youth
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1-2 | Japan Jr. Youth
|
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| Group stage | Italy Jr. Youth
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0-5 |  Argentina Jr. Youth
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Squad[]
Prior to J Boys' Challenge[]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Gino Hernandez[1] |
J Boys' Challenge[]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Gino Hernandez[1] 
|
Inter Juniores
|
| GK | unknown name | ||
| 3[2] | DF | Dimos Marinio[3][4] | |
| 6 | DF | Bassarello[5][6][7] | |
| 9 | DF[8] | Gentile/Golluvate[9] | |
| 10 | DF | Marco Torino[10] | |
| 4 | MF | Federico | |
| 5 | MF | Francesco | |
| 7 | MF | Conti[11] | |
| 8 | MF | Mateo[12] | |
| 2[13] | FW | Tardelli[14] | |
| 11 | FW | Andrea | |
| 12 | unknown name[15] | ||
| 17 | unknown name | ||
Personnel[]
- Head coach Paulo Calsis
Gallery[]
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External links[]
- Italy Jr. Youth at Captain Tsubasa Stats
- Italy Jr. Youth at Shinji's Captain Tsubasa site
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Translated to Dino Hernandez in Gekito no Kiseki and Zino Hernandez in various other media.
- ↑ Shown as #8 when Tsubasa challenges Italy Jr. after their match against Bremen Jr. Youth.
- ↑ Made into two separated characters, Stefano Dimos and Roberto Marinio in Get in the Tomorrow.
- ↑ Translated to Marino in Gekito no Kiseki and Marinho in Tatakae Dream Team, Captain Tsubasa ZERO and Rise of New Champions.
- ↑ Renamed Baroli in the 2018 TV series.
- ↑ Franco Bassarello in Get in the Tomorrow.
- ↑ Translated to Basarelo in Gekito no Kiseki.
- ↑ FW as Gentile.
- ↑ Called Gentile in chapter 91 of the manga and Golluvate in chapter 92.
- ↑ Made into two separated characters, Gianluca Marco and Atilio Torino in Get in the Tomorrow.
- ↑ Giovanni Conti in Get in the Tomorrow.
- ↑ Translated to Matteo in Gekito no Kiseki.
- ↑ Shown as #3 when Tsubasa challenges Italy Jr. after their match against Bremen Jr. Youth.
- ↑ Demetrio Tardelli in Get in the Tomorrow.
- ↑ Captain Tsubasa 3109 Nichi Zenkiroku made Gentile a separated character from Golluvate and gave him the #12 jersey. However, this is a mistake since the player called Gentile was shown wearing #9.