Lippi Sets Azzurri Roster For Confederations Cup

Marcelo Lippi final­ized his Azzurri squad for the 2009 FIFA Con­fed­er­a­tions Cup and the big news is that Inter’s teenage sen­sa­tion Davide San­ton. The young­ster played mostly left back for Inter but is seen as a player who can play on both sides.

Three red-hot attack­ing play­ers with break­out sea­sons in the 08–09 Serie A cam­paign were left off the list in favor of more vet­eran Azzurri play­ers. Sam­p­do­ria for­ward Giampaolo Pazz­ini, Udi­nese mid­fielder Gae­tano D’Agostino, and Bologna’s Marco Di Vaio were left off in favor of Milan’s Andrea Pirlo, Udinese’s Fabio Quagliarella, and Bayern’s Luca Toni.

No sur­prise that all but 5 play­ers called by Lippi make their dough play­ing in the Serie A, the World Champs open the FIFA Con­fed­er­a­tions Cup against the United States on June 15, then the Azzurri take on Egypt three days later and fin­ish group play against Brazil on June 21.

Here is the com­plete Ital­ian squad:

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

Defend­ers:
Fabio Can­navaro (Juven­tus), Gior­gio Chiellini (Juven­tus), Gian­luca Zam­brotta (AC Milan), Andrea Dossena (Liv­er­pool), Alessan­dro Gam­berini (Fiorentina), Fabio Grosso (Lyon), 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 Monaco), Giuseppe Rossi (Villarreal).

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