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NEWS
Lippi Announces Italy Squad Against Brazil; No Del Piero Or Cassano
 

Italy Training Session

Del Piero and Cassano have, once again, been left out of the Italian squad which will face Brazil on Tuesday...

Italy coach Marcello Lippi has picked his squad for the friendly match against Brazil and the big news is that Alessandro Del Piero and Antonio Cassano have been left out.

Gianluigi Buffon and Andrea Pirlo both return to the squad after being absent through injury. Roma's Alberto Aquilani, Udinese's Antonio Di Natale and Milan defender Gianluca Zambrotta all return after missing the last friendly.

Here is the list of players who will meet up at in Milan on Sunday night.

Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Marco Amelia (Palermo), Morgan De Sanctis (Galatasaray)

Defenders
: Daniele Bonera (Milan), Fabio Cannavaro (Real Madrid), Andrea Dossena (Liverpool), Alessandro Gamberini (Fiorentina), Fabio Grosso (Olympique Lyonnais), Nicola Legrottaglie (Juventus), Gianluca Zambrotta (Milan);

Midfielders: Alberto Aquilani (Roma), Mauro Camoranesi (Juventus), Daniele De Rossi (Roma), Riccardo Montolivo (Fiorentina), Simone Pepe (Udinese), Simone Perrotta (Roma), Andrea Pirlo (Milan);

Strikers
: Antonio Di Natale (Udinese), Alberto Gilardino (Fiorentina), Vincenzo Iaquinta (Juventus), Fabio Quagliarella (Udinese), Giuseppe Rossi (Villarreal), Luca Toni (Bayern Munich).

The players will meet in Milan on Sunday night and train at the San Siro on Monday morning before flying to London in the evening.