Tonight our Azzurrini will play against Austria -21. This is the squad. Important players are being left out, because Casiraghi want to give chances to other talents. That's where friendleys are for.
Goalkeepers: Fiorillo (Sampdoria), Seculin (Fiorentina)
Defenders: Ariaudo (Juventus), Bellusci (Ascoli), Crescenzi (Roma), Darmian (Milan), Malomo (Roma), Ranocchia (Bari), Renzetti (Albinoleffe)
Midfielders: Barilla' (Reggina), Bolzoni (Inter), Castiglia (Cittadella), Cia (Triestina), Di Gennaro (Reggina), Pasquato (Empoli), Poli (Sassuolo)
Strikers: Immobile (Juventus), Mendicino (Lazio), Paloschi (Parma).
On 31 march they will play another friendley against Holland -21.
And the Big Azzurri are playing saterday (28th) and wednesday (1 april) against Montenegro and Ireland for the qualifying round of the World Cup 2010.
Goalkeepers: Amelia (Palermo), Buffon (Juventus), De Sanctis (Galatasaray).
Defenders: Bocchetti (Genoa), Cannavaro (Real Madrid), Chiellini (Juventus), Dossena (Liverpool), Gamberini (Fiorentina), Grosso (Lione), Motta (Roma), Zambrotta (Milan).
Midfielders: Brighi (Roma), De Rossi (Roma), Foggia (Lazio), Montolivo (Fiorentina), Palombo (Sampdoria), Pirlo (Milan).
Strikers: Di Natale (Udinese), Iaquinta (Juventus), Pazzini (Sampdoria), Pepe (Udinese), Quagliarella (Udinese), G. Rossi (Villarreal).
The probably line-up is:
Buffon; Zambrotta, Cannavaro, Chiellini, Grosso; De Rossi, Palombo, Pirlo; Quagliarella, Iaquinta, Di Natale.
But I want to see:
Buffon; Motta, Gamberini, Chiellini, Grosso; De Rossi, Brighi, Montolivo; Quagliarella; Pazzini, Rossi. (or Di Natale instead of Quagliarella)
Lippi is like a Milan coach. He is relying too much on old players who don't do very well lately. He should give some youth players chances. I don't want to see this squad on the world cup, else we can't defend it.