Confederations Cup: Italy

The Italian squad for the Confederations Cup has been announced. Italy are in Group B where they will be facing Brazil, USA and Egypt.

How they got here: 2006 FIFA World Cup Champions

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

Defenders: Fabio Cannavaro (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Gianluca Zambrotta (AC Milan), Andrea Dossena (Liverpool, England), Alessandro Gamberini (Fiorentina), Fabio Grosso (Lyon, France), Nicola Legrottaglie (Juventus), Davide Santon (Inter Milan).

Midfielders: Mauro Camoranesi (Juventus), Daniele De Rossi (AS Roma), Simone Pepe (Udinese), Andrea Pirlo (AC Milan), Gennaro Gattuso (AC Milan), Riccardo Montolivo (Fiorentina), Angelo Palombo (Sampdoria).

Forwards: Alberto Gilardino (Fiorentina), Vincenzo Iaquinta (Juventus), Fabio Quagliarella (Udinese), Luca Toni (Bayern Munich, Germany), Giuseppe Rossi (Villarreal).

Giuseppe Rossi scored his first Azzurri goal in a recent friendly with Northern Ireland and has been looking very dangerous in matches. Can Lippi bring back the magic he had in the World Cup three years ago? I think he can only if the Italians get off to a good start.

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