Lippi Announces Latest Italian Squad
Marcello Lippi can’t speak English but he if did I’m sure he would say Antonio Cassano doesn’t fit into his plans at the moment. No matter how many goals Cassano is scoring this season, Lippi is going with the players who have lead Italy to the brink of World Cup qualification.
GOALKEEPERS: Gigi Buffon (Juventus), Morgan De Sanctis (Napoli) & Federico Marchetti (Cagliari)
DEFENDERS: Fabio Cannavaro (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Salvatore Bocchetti (Genoa), Alessandro Gamberini (Fiorentina), Fabio Grosso (Juventus), Nicola Legrottaglie (Juventus), Davide Santon (Inter) & Gianluca Zambrotta (Milan)
MIDFIELDERS: Mauro German Camoranesi (Juventus), Gaetano D’Agostino (Udinese), Daniele De Rossi (Roma), Rino Gattuso (Milan), Claudio Marchisio (Juventus), Angelo Palombo (Sampdoria), Simone Pepe (Udinese) & Andrea Pirlo (Milan)
FORWARDS: Antonio Di Natale (Udinese), Alberto Gilardino (Fiorentina), Vincenzo Iaquinta (Juventus), Fabio Quagliarella (Napoli) & Giuseppe Rossi (Villarreal).